FTP: Teacher

The three hour test was almost over. The test that had been keeping the students in constant nightmare had also made the teachers in constant worry. One student left the room, he was in shocked and so sure he had failed the test. Another one came out, she was crying and unable to walk by herself, she was so sure she had let her parents down. One by one the students came out looking so depressed. When they announced the result, half of them didn’t pass the test. The cry and the frustration and no grownup’s there to hold them but her. She tried her best to calm them down, to let them know there’s still another chance.

For the first time in her life as a teacher, it amazed her how little did she know about being a teacher.

Total: 140

Word: Amazed

This is my second flash for FTP’s third quarter. Flash In The Pan is hosted by Red @ Momma’s Money Matter I am not very active this quarter. I have so many things to do and deal with. This current flash is actually a real life event.

A couple of days ago, my students did their final test. It was a three hour laboratory test. They had to make four drug prescriptions in 3 hours. If they failed, they will not get the certificate to be a pharmacist assistant. I went to a usual High School and never did that scary test my students (they are studying at Pharmaceutical Vocational High school) were facing back then. Little did I know how stressful it was inside the laboratory. There were only 2 teachers there waiting for them, me and a male teacher who teaches drug prescription.

When the tiring test had finished, each of them came out looking so horrified, more than half of them were crying even before they knew the result. Apparently the male teacher didn’t know what to do as this year is his first year working as teacher. I had to move from one student to another to calm them down and be their shoulder to cry on. Things got more stressful when they announced that some of them failed the test and must take a remedial test, about three hours later. The students went hysterical. I have to try harder calming them down and put them back in focus because they have to study for their remedial.

I have been teaching for years and I love my job but that day will always be the most unforgettable day in my teaching life as I finally see that there’s a time when I have to do more than teaching them knowledge.

The second Flash in the Pan book has been released 🙂

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My flash for that the second book are:

1. Secret Door
2. Perfect Company
3. Useless Argument
4. Ripples on Rose
5. Fire
6. For Better or Worse
7. Little Black Book (Part 1) ; Disturbed Memory (part 2); Reality or Imagination (Part 3); Dilemma (Part 4); Weekend With a killer (part 5); Martha’s Decision (part 6)