It is a sad day when teachers gang up against helpless students for no valid reason. I spent the most part of the afternoon cracking my head on how to tackle my child's school teachers tactfully though I had every reason to report them to disciplinary board. But that is not how things work in reality these days. Teachers are no longer what they were 30 years ago when they still kept the child's interest before their own egos. Now, they can shame the mafias. Vicious and vindictive.
Here's the problem. My child and another girl got picked for finals for a competition. Both had the same story to tell but while the other girl gets extra 3 short songs woven into her version, my daughter had none. She was disappointed but i got her to request the 3 songs for herself too very nicely from her teachers. Why nicely? The reason, these idiotic teachers dont like parents messing in their business and when any does, it backfires on the kid. But the teachers didnt oblige. So i thought it was not such a big deal and let it be. Btw, my kid had the other girl's version totally memorised too because hey, she is talented and such a sponge.
To the surprise of her teachers, she got through the semi finals and is up for the finals. Imagine that huh? Teachers with little faith in their students. Now my daughter is a top student and averages 95% each exam papers, hence the only reason they picked her. But the other kid who comes out second has a sister who was a top student in the school and won many such competitions. Plus the kids' mom is a big kissass. She sucks up to the teachers and is always doing them some favour. So they piled their hopes on that student without giving my daughter an equally fair chance. Plus the last time i was a fluffer was during my publishing days and i had enough of that shit. That kid got more training and special priviledges. So this time i decided i cant let things be. If my child has to learn to fight for her rights, the fight she will. So for a last try, i again got her to ask her teachers again and this particular teacher flatly refused and even had the audacity to remark, 'Is your mom the teacher or we the teachers?" Mind you, i am qualified to be their teacher anytime but that is something they dont know. Fair enough. And such words, well just broke this patient camel's back. There was only one thing left . Educate the teacher on proper manners and conduct of a teacher.
So i caught up with the teacher and backed her into a corner. Her face just went dead. She hadnt expected me at all. Just like i suspected. All these teachers take it for granted sometimes that if they can instill enough fear in the students, no parents would come up and question their wrongdoing. So she was shocked i did.
But the dipshit recovered fast. She claimed my girl didnt attend the trainings when it was I who drove her to school every afternoon in the last few weeks. For me, she lost the argument there itself. But i persisted. Next she claimed my kid didn't memorise the whole story. Wrong, she had it memorised one month ago and was even reciting it in her sleep. Three, she says she didnt supply the songs because my child had problem memorising even one song. Wrong. My daughter has a photographic memory compared to her, dimwit. If my girl didn't attend training or can't memorise extra lines, how the hell did she manage to recite that extra ten lines the other girl was doing which she picked up by ear? How did she pick up the gestures? No brainers, right.
She was shooting blanks. Desperate. Stupid.
Either my daughter is lying or she is lying? Or am i lying? Okay, she doesnt have to answer that. But do answer this- so you are the teacher, right, as you so claimed. So do they at the teachers' training college teach you to pick favourites among your students just cause the parents suck up to them? The point is .. you should have given her those extra lines .. no matter what... coz those extra lines meant extra points.
I stood up tall and peered down menacingly at her. This is one occasion i wish i was a man. SOmehow dads get more respect that moms in confrontations.She couldnt look at me.
Anyway, i realised i can't waste too much time trying to nail her coz she is going to keep denying it. And i had to be careful what she would be up to the next day. Sabotage. So I eased it off for her and told her to get the extra lines ready and i will get my kid to recite it somehow on finals. I apologised for any inconvenience caused.. though sure as hell, why would i need too, right? She should be the one doing the apologising. It is a complex thing. So i did anyway.
What kind of idiots do we employ to educate our kids. ANd they spend 7 hours of our kids precious time with them. Parents have no idea what goes on and even if we do, it has to go through lies, denial and sabotage. God knows what other damages are taking place. Nearly 70% of the teachers in this country need psychological evaluation, period. They are not fit to be teachers. They have no insight in dealing with students. They just want to do their jobs and get paid.
If i had a choice, I would rather teach my kid at home. But that is not allowed also. So in the end we hv to send these poor kids to hyenas and vultures and pray for the best. Why the hell did we bring them into these world then?
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