A Teacher's Diary

In Time

July 28, 2014

Monday

It was past 7 AM. So, I decided to walk again until I reach Bambang Barangay Hall. It seemed it's really hard to get a ride. Jeepneys were full. And there were a lot of other passengers waiting on the street.

I decided to ride a tricycle going to Petron and paid the driver Php40.00.

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T. Ninfa texted about some corrections for the script but we were not able to talk on the phone because our schedule wouldn't meet.

And I was kind of pissed when I talked about the script with my co-teachers. I really don't have any idea what to do about it. To think that on Friday will be the start of August.

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I ate lunch with T. Josie. We had this conversation about me. More like I'm on an interview.

T. Josie: "Are you renting?"

Me: "No teach. We have our own house."

T. Josie: "Where?"

Me: "Wawa, Taguig po. Near T. Toff's. Bambang, Taguig. Or.. The Municipal Hall po."

T. Josie: "Are you living with your parents?"

Me: I kind of hesitated because of the word, 'parents'. Dhie is dead. But still, that's my parents house. "Yes, po."

T. Josie: "You have siblings?"

Me: "Yes po. I'm the only single left. They have family. They're separated.."

T. Josie: "Separated?"

Me: "What I mean po is they're living in a different house. But two of the families are still living with us. But one of them already has a house. Only in Cavite. It's too far from work and school, so they decided to stay with us."

T. Josie: "How old are you teacher?"

Me: "I'm 23 na po."

T. Josie: "No boyfriend?"

Me: "I have po. For more than four years na po."

T. Josie: "Where does he live?"

Me: "In Marikina. He's also a teacher. In public school."

T. Josie: "Are you also going to teach in public?"

Me: "Yes. Uhm. No. I don't know yet po."

T. Josie: "You're planning to get married? Actually, I married at a young age. I was in twenties."

Me: "I actually want to. But he's the eldest. He has five siblings. He has a twin sibling. So, I need to wait pa po."

T. Josie: "What? Are you telling me he has to support even the youngest? How old?"

Me: "Six years old."

T. Josie: "Can you wait?"

Me: "Yes naman po."

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I also had my nursing duties. I took care of Carlo and Sophia.

For my Grade 6 class today, we weren't able to have our quiz since Carlo is sick. And we weren't able to even have a lesson discussion because they diverted me by telling me stories from Wattpad. Gillian even sent me copies via Bluetooth. Prince and Audrey were so into it. They kept on asking me if I already watched 'She's Dating the Gangster'.

Sometimes, I don't want to teach about what's on the books anymore. So what if they know the kinds of nouns? Or the kinds of sentences? They just need to know how to write, read and speak but I think what it's called is no longer necessary. Oh well, maybe I'm wrong. I hope I can be more friendly to them. I want to understand why they are difficult to love than the other pupils. 

T. Donna didn't come for work so I also did a substitution for her. I handled Grade 2 class until their dismissal. Hailey was left behind so I called her home. She has this accent like she's born in U.S. And she told me I have a British-Italian accent myself. She said her mom told her she would be fetched by her daddy. But her daddy was no show so her lolo came for her.

I finished the script to print for distribution for the pupils' copy.

I bade goodbye to T. Josie since I don't want to stay late in school. Besides, Donna's not with me.

I'm beaten. Ate Wina replied from my text. I asked her if Sophie and DK will be at Seibu for a Pajama party with Gwen. She said, it's cancelled and they will go there tomorrow morning. So, when Donna texted me that she'll tutor Gwen. I decided to just go straight home.

I was unable to take my dinner because as soon as I hit my bed, I went to Dreamland.