Tuesday, March 14, 2006
life's immeasurable injustices
life just has to have so many of these. each time i feel rage surging through my veins, i have to keep reminding myself that they happen for a reason. to balance all the good in the world, because without good, you can't have bad things, right?
it's just so unfair why people have to give up time or effort for somebody else who clearly enjoys taking advantage of that situation. like cleaning for example. i hate, no make that DETEST, cleaning our classroom. know why? first, you make, i don't know, about twenty trips to the far-off trash can just to throw away dirt that isn't even yours. why, oh why, can my classmates not even be considerate or sensitive, considering that they themselves clean one week once every seven weeks and have loathed doing the task because of the mounds and mounds of trash katarungan manages to produce by the end of every day? second, some people take advantage of other people's kindness or generosity by skipping out of cleaning. ehem. if you don't like cleaning, well, i have some news for you. we don't either.
i don't hate cleaning in general. actually, i would gladly wash plates or sweep the floor or dust furniture as long as i'm not forced to do it. just do NOT give me the task of cleaning a classroom which looks like Hurricane Katrina hit it at the end of every single day. kung anu-ano pa ang nakakalat. sangkaterbang papel ang nakakalat sa sahig, sangkatutak na Stay Fresh wrappers ang mawawalis mo na resulta ng pagbabatuhan ng mga tao ng dulce na iyon tuwing media awareness, at kung anu-ano pa. pambihira oo. wala na talagang respeto.
sabi ko na nung pasko na dapat talaga ang mga binigay ko sa mga kaklase ko e either lapis, ballpen, 1/4 sheet of paper, crosswise, lengthwise, one whole sheet, gunting, STAPLER, ruler o kaya glue stick. matatapos na ang taon, wala pa rin sila nito. hindi makakalipas ang araw na hindi sila hihingi, hihiram o hihingi at hindi na ibabalik ang mga nasabing kagamitan. at ako naman itong uto-uto, masyadong mapagbigay, kaya tuloy e naubusan na ako ng supply ng staple wire dahil sa pag-hingi nila ng pang-stapler ng formal theme, com ex, home reading report, sulating pormal, o kaya ang mga hw namin sa ap. ay nako. pero alam mo, ngayong sinasabi kong wala akong stapler o kaya ruler (kahit meron naman), paunti-unti na ang humihiram. phew.
okay. back to english. sorry, i usually switch to either tagalog or english when i get carried away. i'm just so sick and tired of injustices. even if you try and try to do something about them, usually it's out of your hands. it's just so maddening at times to be treated like that, and without even an "i'm sorry", or "thank you" at the end. cripes.
written at 1:31 AM