Helpless...

I'm currently using my iPhone to blog!!! It has been a really busy week. I was busy marking, teaching my pupils how to do fractions in 3 days... :( other teachers can use other subjects to teach and rush for exams... For me, I only have two periods a day with my class.. I'm very frustrated with this and the fact that the last two period is only 50min and not 60. Not forgetting that as a form teacher, I have to inform the pupils of every event that the school is having and collect every single form which a NIL return is required.

Yesterday was the LONGEST day that I ever had. It felt the longest because I almost broke down. I don't like people stealing away my PE periods ALL THE TIME. I'm ok if it is once in a while. But, every lesson is too much. I feel sorry for that class when they looked earnestly at me with their eyes "begging" me not to forsake them. I felt really helpless then. I AM NOT A HOD. I wouldn't want to undermine the authority of the form teacher too. But I felt that my authority of a PE teacher has been undermined. I let them down and I let myself down as a PE teacher.

This incident really affected my whole day.. As I think about how much worse it will become in term 4 when everyone is getting ready for psle, my strong emotions caught me by surprise. Yes, psle is important. But health is more important than results. The pupils need to have a time to relax and play. Balance is the key to life!! Everyone needs to know that!!! Stop torturing the kids. Give them a break!! I spoke to that teacher before, but it doesn't help. Thankfully, my current RO believes in letting pupils exudes their energy in play during this critical season. I hope that once she had spoken to the teacher on my behalf, my relationship with the teacher will not be strained. I really hope that class will get to play. Many of them are getting bigger in size.

Sigh!!!