Pissed! (bitching)

Today J came to me and told me that Teacher Florence had commented that Kyan is very good with dates and telling time. However, he seems to be in a world of his own and that sometimes he doesn't mix with the kids. Somehow the term 'austistic' came into our conversation. He only doesn't possess good life skills like wearing his own clothes and packing his stuff. That had me worried. I told C about it. She said this friend of ours always does this. She'll hear about certain things from the teachers and tell us all this. Well, it could cause us unnecessary worry and stress, which has indeed set me pondering! She then advised me to consult Teacher Florence personally. I did. She clarified that Kyan is a bright and intelligent child. He doesn't give behavourial problems and does behave well in school. Only certain times, he seems to be in his own world and she has to divert his attention back to where they were. And she added that it's not so bad. He'll struggle with wearing his clothes but he's not the worst. She told me not to worry. He also mixes well with his friends. Well, I feel slightly relieved. I told Asri about it. He's very against J. He even questioned what was her motive in doing all this? To get me worried? To boast that her child is well behaved and good?


J and I were good friends when I started teaching at E. Then after some time she distanced herself from me. At first I felt rather puzzled and even hurt by her actions. After that I left E and could not be bothered with her. Recently I heard from C that she said she was very stressed with me cos I'm always telling her what Kyan can do, so in other words, I'm showing off my kid. At first, I was quite pissed hearing that. I did not show off anything! She was the one who asked me what Kyan can or cannot do in the first place! Then after thinking for sometime, I am amused, I can't believe that I actually have the ability to stress people out...cool

Asri questioned her purpose in singling out children and discussing their behaviour with the teacher. He added that she's doing a lot of comparing herself! C mentioned that she'd rather not hear about what or how her chidren are doing from her mouth.


Then her child - I hate it when Kyan mixes with her cos he'll whine a lot and end up being scolded by me. She always try to show off in front of Kyan and kids being kids, they'll always want what the other has. For example, she was eating a hot dog bun when she told Kyan that she has a bun and that he doesn't. Kyan would whine that he wants one! Just today, when we reached CP's lift lobby, I told Kyan to press the lift button for me. Kyan ran to want to press the lift button but her daughter ran ahead and used her hands to cover both up and down buttons so that Kyan couldn't press any. How vicious is that! Of cos Kyan whined again. So I really hate how Kyan behaves in front of her daughter. It's just not fair that he has to get scoldings from me all the time.


No wonder familiarity breeds contempt. I'm going to distance myself from her, and my kids from her kids!