All year our school timetables have been a mess because there have been more classes scheduled then there are rooms available. At the start of the year twice a week I didn’t have a classroom because of this problem.

“Don’t worry! In term three the new building will open and you will have your own classroom and you won’t be trekking all over the school anymore!” cried the school principal.

A loud “Hooray!” was heard from the faculty at this declaration, but I must have missed the post-script. Not only do I not have my own classroom but I am now in a classroom block which is the furthest away from my  office. “Boo!” was my reply.

I thought “It must just be a mistake! I’ll talk to the guy who does the room allocations and he’ll sort it out!”

My optimism was in vain. Not only did he know about the problem with my classes being so far away but he was not going to do anything about it. “Grunt…grunt…grunt…” and a shuffling of the feet and he had managed to palm the problem off to someone else who was equally disinterested in my problem.

What pissed me off the most is that out of my department I am the only one who has been kicked out of our department block. I am also the only one who doesn’t have a room of my own. “Hrmm…” I think “Me smells a little bit of kiss-arsing going on.”

I have always heard of teacher’s pets and favorites in the classroom, I just never realised that it extended to the teacher’s as well. Another reason why I no longer have a desire to teach, at least not at this school.

My solution to the problem? As of tomorrow I am moving offices. “Goodbye up yourself snooty English Department. Hello awesomely cool and laid back Society and Environment department!”

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