Day 68: 9/11/12
Shane's birthday today- he's 25!!! That makes me awful old!
I got a call to work today in the school I was in last Thursday and Friday. It was year 2 this time. The teacher hasn't any work left but then someone arrived with a plan- it must have been emailed to the office or something. There was a few things to do anyway, to get me started!
There was one boy who decided not to play ball at all. He wouldn't sit in his seat. He wandered around the room for a while and then lay on the floor. A teachers aide was in the room for a while and she said they just ring the office when he's like this. So the vice principal arrived and she brought him with her. When they came back she said life was tough at home a mum and dad split up and he doesn't cope well with change. He still wouldn't do any work though and decided to just leave the class altogether and was wandering around outside. I had to go to the office twice more during the day. The vice principal was feeling sorry for him and saying ' you come with me darling'. There was no talk at all of the fact that he can't behave like that! In the evening he tried to leave the room a few more times and I lost my temper and roared at him about how ridiculous he was behaving and that he couldn't leave the room whenever he wanted and surely he could sit down like everyone else in the room. He had cheeky answers of course but surprisingly he sat down and started doing work. I don't know what sank in!! I should have just eaten the arse of him in the morning!
The rest of the kids were grand. We did some reading, writing and maths and ended the day singing Ratlin Bog!
I got the bus back into town, quickly changed my clothes and then got the bus to Shane's house. It took way longer than usual as there had been a big cricket game on and the traffic was at a standstill!
Eventually I got there anyway and was able to give him a few sour bears for his birthday! The lads got him beats headphones and he was delighted with that! We had dinner and a few drinks. Then it was decided we would go out. I wasn't really dressed for it but I was passable! We went to the same bar I was in with them the last time. It was good enough craic- plenty of drink and chat. It isn't a good idea though to be in a round with four lads, particularly when myself and Shane had already had a few at home. No major scandal or anything but it was good enough.