I am so mad!!!
Just as lunch was finishing up, I went in to the science lab and set up everything. I had my lesson plan in bulletpoints on the board. I came out to the hallway to talk to another teacher and watched as two boys started to go into the washroom, only to back out again. Apparently, some idiot started a fire in a trash can. It looks as if it had happened over the lunch break, probably more than 10 minutes prior and the ashes were flitting in the air. I blocked off the doorway to prevent others from going in and sent the two boys downstairs. Unfortunately, I breathed in a little bit of smoke in the process.
One of the maintenance staff R. then turned the fire alarm bell and we all had to clear out. I chitchatted with some of the teachers, including S. the Greek math teacher. She is super nice and very well organized. C. the vice-principal came in to check with R.
The funny thing is that we stood around for 5 minutes before the firetruck came, despite the fact that the firestation is literally less than 100 meters across the street, on the opposite side of the school. It would have been faster for the firemen to run over! The VP said that the building will not be opened to anyone the rest of the day, not even the teaching staff.
Now it is 1:30 pm and sitting here, NOT DOING MY pH LAB!!!! And it's all set up on the counter!!! GRRRRRR!!! It's frustrating that I'm only here for another 5 days and there are so many interruptions. I want to do so much but there are always interruptions.
Sigh.
Aw, don't give it! It definitely sounds pretty eventful over there, though!
ReplyDeleteYou can only try your best!
ReplyDeleteYou know, reading the course of events here it's almost as if everyone worked together to close down the school. Seems like a bit of an overreaction to a small fire in the boys bathroom... fire alarm? shut down for the afternoon?
ReplyDeleteIf I were the principal, and i cared about teaching/learning and avoiding disruptions, i'd call all the students into the gym the next day and give a loooooooong lecture... throw some guilt in there too... maybe some fear... like 'you want out of this place? well this is your only chance!'
that's what i would do.