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Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Reflections
Reflections...When was the last time I screamed and shouted madly at someone?
I can't remember and I'm sure I haven't done this for a long long time.
Yesterday, I lost my cool.
I screamed at him so madly that I wondered where all these energy came from...
He pushed my button and this is not the first time.
SEE GEE NA! Spoiled Brat.
He broken my record track of screaming at someone so madly in a fist of anger.
First he locked me out from him house, then he hid in some corner of his parents room and behaved so rudely to his weak and frail grandmother in front of me.
I was courteous enough to called him earlier to ask him if we could have tuition slightly earlier and I even promised him that if we start early, we could end our lesson earlier.
Yet he dared to lock me out of the house when I needed to visit the washroom quite urgently?!?!
If all was not enough, this is not the first time. He had locked me out for 20 minutes just a month ago. Then, I have warned him not to play this kind of stupid nonsense again, if he dares to, he would get it from it. I said to myself, he would REALLY get it from me if he dares to do it again.
So HE GOTTEN ME this time.
I shouted fiercely at him for his impudent behavior toward his grandmother and threatened to leave his place since he doesn't want any tuition.
I didn't know I could be so angered by someone and I guess that was my limit.
Felt quite giddy myself for getting so heated up, not to mention his grandmother who suffers from high blood pressure. She just recovered from a week of illness after getting so angry over all his nonsenses. Poor thing, she even said she felt like she was collapsing after a heated argument with the spoiled brat weeks ago.
Hello?! 12 years old is not longer a kid!
Can't he used his puny brain to THINK???
Before my lesson, I gotten it straight with him.
If he doesn't want tuition, fine we shall not have any tuition anymore. Even if he needs to get a new tutor, that is his own problem since he has only got 6 weeks to PSLE while I can take my rest. I do not need to earn these fees since I could always find other students who need more help than him. Further more, it's just 6 more weeks! How much more could I earn anyway?
Also, I warned him that I was there to teach him and not to discipline him so he better behave himself since he is no longer a 5 years old. Anyway, I reckon a 5 years old could be more well-behaved than him.
Lastly, I asked him to reflect what type of attitude his has towards his ailing grandmother. He was so rude that I needed to come forth to scream at him as I couldn't stand the sight of his arrogant behavior.
I'm quite sure I've make him felt really ashamed of his behavior. I even told him he could be charged in the juvenile court and he's old enough to know what is right and wrong. At the most basic, we are adult and he's just a kid, he should show respect to us so what right does he have to behave so rudely to us?
I think, he would never believe I can get so fierce and thus he tested my limits.
Now he sees it.
"老虎不发威, 当它是病猫"
How true...
For the rest of the lesson, he did not do anymore things to annoy me and I did my best to go through the mathematics revision guide to prepare him for the preliminary paper today. Also, he apologised to his grandmother and I was pretty glad he did that. As promised, I went off 15 minutes earlier so that he could rest early too.
As a reminder, I told him not to be rude to his grandmother again since she's already very weak and how long more do he expect her to be around. Think he should go watch 'The way home' and reflect more on his behavior.
Shortly after I left their place, his mother called to check why I left earlier as she thought he could have made me quite mad. So, I told her the whole story and she was quite glad I told him off.
Anyway, his parents are usually back home late in the night and I doubt they discipline him since he is their one and only precious spoiled brat son.
Now, I realise the importance of having a 9-5 job. At least, there's more time at home to educate the kids.
What a dramatic evening and I'm still reflecting if shouting at him was the best option at the moment.
Being an educator is not an easy feat.
喜 Muditā adds colours to your life!
10:14 AM
Reflections...