Today is an offically angsty day for me. First, I woke up with a bad dream which left me really irritated and pissed. Secondly, its about this tuition kid's father who has been pissing me off real bad.
Here's the story of the latter,
I've been teaching this particular P5 boy since end of Jan. The boy was improving, even his teacher commented on that but unfortunately, he failed his mid-years badly. I told the father to remove the clock in the room cause the boy tends to see the time and delay. Also, he keeps going to toilet or taking water in order to waste time. The first week of the June holidays, during the lesson, the father came inside the room and was looking at how I teached the boy. But no he didnt stop there, he went on to explain to the boy as well.
Ok fine, I thought it would stop there but NO! He proceeded on to do the other lessons as well. Its either the sister would be in the room or the father. Its not as if I'm going to rape the boy. The last lesson really pissed me off. He sat beside the boy and refused to keep his mouth shut. I gave the boy work to do, and he said that that work can be done later, revise the paper with him. I'm like.. Helloo! I'm paid to do my job let me do my job properly. Also, he asked me to be punctual like on the dot because he thought I was going to be there at 2 and he gave the son break from the studies. But, I already called and inform the boy I will be there 230pm to 245pm there.
So thinking that I would be there at 2pm, the father claimed that because I came late, the son now has taken a break for 1 hour. Also, he said my teaching is not effective. Sighs, its hard to make parents understand that tuition isn't a one-way thing. Its two-way, both parties must put in effort. Not only that, he went on to interrupt me when I was explaining a sum to the boy and he also started explaining. I gave up. The next day I was supposed to go for his lesson but the boy called and asked if I could come on friday. Earlier, I already told the tuition agency as to why I'm cancelling and she said she will inform the parents. Even she herself said how can the father do like that, so stupid. Surprised, that the boy called him I told him nicely that I would not be coming to teach him and asked him to pay for the previous 3 lessons that I went for.
5 minutes later, the father calls and demand to know why I am not coming to teach. I told him the reasons and he went,
Father: WHAT U MEAN I CANT BE IN THE SAME ROOM ?
Me: No, you can be in the room, but I dont like you interfering or interrupting me when I am teaching your son.
Father: OH! YESTERDAY, YOU CANT EVEN DO THE SUM AT ALL!( Ok, I'm not a maths genius. I can't immediately solve all problems. I need some time to think of which way to teach the boy. )
<- sadly the father doesnt understand this and thinks Im some kind of assesment book answer sheet!Me: Ok nvm, if you think I cant teach, then you can go ahead and find another tuition teacher.
Father: OK!! I AM NOT GOING TO THE PAY YOU THE $60 AT ALL! YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT!!
Me: Its ok, I will tell the agency.
Father: DO WHATEVER YOU WANT! I AM NOT GOING TO PAY AT ALL!!!
**the reason why it is in caps, it's because the father was shouting at the top of his voice during the whole conversation.
Today the agency called him up, and he pushed the blame to me saying that i ALWAYS come late and I cancelled last minute. He even said that, I sometimes don't even turn up until they have to call me and ask where am i. I seriously don't know if how he can lie through his teeth. There were 2 occassions where his son did that to me. I called up to postpone the timing when I learnt that the boy wasnt back from school and it was 5 minutes before the time I normally come. Second, was during the weekend, and the father said he wasn't back from his taekwondo class. 2 times his son did it to me, and he's creating another story saying I did it. In the end, he still refused to pay the $60.
I dont understand what the hell is wrong with the father? I am asking money of which I taught for. I am appalled as to how someone who is working and should know the meaning of hard-earned money is depriving another person of theirs. You might say, oh its just 60bucks, whats the whole big deal? Yes it is, its my hard-earned money. I went to teach that boy for 3 days and I have every right to own and ask for the money back. I can say nvm, let it be like a donation to their family. But no, I want to teach this father a lesson and make sure I'm the last tuition teacher he has ever done this to.
So, tom I might be going down with my dad to talk things out with him because the father cant seem to talk to girls properly. If he still doesn't want to give, then I might have to go to the police who will then refer me to CASE. Again, you can say, all these hassle for just 60 bucks. My main purpose here, is to teach the father a lesson.
On an entirely different and definitely much happier note, I've got my travelling bag!! Also, a top, shorts and handbag so that I can carry my passport, wet tissue, medicated oil, sweets and money! I just realized that my parents wont be in Singapore that day. :( They will be coming back from Malacca on Sunday only. Sighs. But its ok, Dad said he will help me pack before they leave. :)
And people, have you been reading my blog properly?? I asked where to get sunglasses for a good bargain right? Doofus!
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Wednesday, June 20, 2007 // 8:25 AM