I rolled over thinking what a lovely bright day it was outside, thought I was awfully well rested for a Monday morning and then it dawned on me I wasn’t waking up to my alarm… and the rest, as they say, is history!
The correct time was 8.35am. I am supposed to be at work at the absolute latest by 8.30am when I am to open the door to my 29 little darlings and begin the day.
Oh, my goodness!...
That was all I could manage for about 2mins after jumping out of bed of course. I was going round in circles in my room, no knowing what to do – do I ring work, do I get dressed, do I… do I… do I…!
But wait! There’s more. I was supposed to be at the panel beaters at 7.30 that morning to get a courtesy car and drop mine off (another story – another day!). When I finally allowed myself to breathe, I grabbed the phone to ring in to work, get the DP to cover my class and let them know how long I would be (I live a good 20min drive from work!) and that’s where the story really begins.
The school secretary told me that the DP was unavailable as the Fire Alarm had just gone off and the whole school were out on the field while it was being checked out … Room 14 were not only currently without a teacher for the day, they were now going out to their first fire drill without their teacher who is supposed to have the roll and be counting heads. The message had to be taken out that I had slept in and would not be attending!!
But wait! There’s still more. As I leave my job at the end of the week, another teacher has been employed. The Principal had said he wasn’t sure if she would be in Monday or Tuesday (after all she had just moved up from Dunedin on the weekend) but – you guessed it! – she made it in bright and early this morning! Now I had 29 Year 7 students and one fresh, new teacher filled with enthusiasm and questions galore waiting on my presence… no pressure!!
By 9am a good handful of staff new that I had slept in and I managed to creep in around 9.30 (praise the Lord for no traffic on the roads and a courtesy car with a little bit of ‘pep’!!). Needless to say, I kept a bit of a low profile today…!
Well, I’m all for tasting a bit of my own medicine! I had just told one of my boys on Friday that it’s great to be able to laugh at ourselves (as he was doing after an embarrassing moment in front of the whole class) – a good thing to be able to do and encouraged him to make sure he never lost that attribute!
My perspective:
“What do we live for but to make sport for our neighbours and laugh at them in our turn!”
Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice
… I think I put on a pretty good show and laugh I shall… soon enough!
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