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Thursday, November 25, 2010

Bonus 2010

Year end bonus of 2 months for 2010. This will be the only cheer of the year for a D grader as the GROWTH bonus and performance bonus will not be given, not even a cent. So what is the point of working hard, being committed, etc etc.

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Year 2010

The year was not particularly kind to me. Of course as a D grader, the leadership as a ST owner was taken away. The school leaders will of course give it to one with potential.
There was a complain from a mother of a 4C boy when he was given 0 for his subject. The complain went straight to MoE after the PT meeting. The monitoring system in place helped a lot but still i have to answer the complain, something that have never happened to me in 34 years of service.
At the ends of the year, another complain from a Sec 2 parent about workbook not being used. The handling of this matter by the VP left much to be desired and i left his office in a huff. There goes any form of respect for this person.
Then, application for TWA was not even considered not to mention that my name was not in the list for PDL.
These are the lousy things that can happened and they would spoil one's day or year.
The good thing was the good memories left by the 4C, 4D and 4NT pupils.

34 years of service

D graders in Education service

This year. 2010 marked my 34th year in the education service. There are tons of memories in these 34 years. Bad and sad memories seemed to come in abundance for the last few years. This year is the straight 2nd year when I got a D in performance for the mistake made. In th service, when you are down, you are continually pushed down and should be avoided like a plague.
Of course, D graders have no performance bonus, not even a cent. The Cluster supt see to that, no matter what you do, there is no reprise. You can be committed, take no MC, ...no use. So waht do you do? In the Work review sessions, the school leaders can talk about all the ideals and qualities but it is all air talk, piss and they are gone. The leaders have their own agenda. How many of them are really caring and trustworthy?
Beside PB, no promotion for a good few years. Also a D grader cannot apply for TWA or PDL. Their doors are closed. They expect you to rot and die. I tried applying for TWA this year. Know what? It was not even returned to me.
34 years of service for nothing!!!

34 years of service in MOE

School's Lap Dogs

The Lap Dogs
The recent case about the inappropriate behaviour of ACS(I) principal towards his lovely lap dog showed just some of the things that happened in schools often enough. The 'lap dog' concerned thought that he was on the way up the ladder by being the P's aide, having a seat in his office and didn't mind other staff calling him an 'office boy'. This is how low a person can go to move up the ladder and these people aren't ashame of it.
In normal schools, you can see such actions being acted out. Have you ever noticed the VIP table during staff dinners or gatherings? They are usually filled by people who would not mind laughing at the school leaders' lame jokes, boastful achievements or their boring life stories. These lapped it all up and will stroke the egos of the leaders. They will want to sit as close to the school leaders as possible...lapping up everything. Unfortunately, these lappers are usually promoted and the show goes on...

EO with 34 years of service