The hindrance

I have been thinking about a conversation held between myself and a little man. And I do not know if to laugh or cry. It's funny, and tragic at the same time. Little people are the best, but as always there will be one little person who will make you sweat. You'll never forget this one no matter how many years go by. And I have tried and tried and tried to understand the concept behind this little man's way of reasoning. I have tried being nice, being not so nice, being very not so nice. Nothing works. To say that this little man is a hindrance in all I do is an understatement. And to say that I have to make us of all my self control when dealing with him is another understatement. He says he is into nothing of the sort of things going on in a state school, because, he feels so superior seeing he was in a private school. And he thinks he is something better than everyone because he says he's toured the world. And quite frankly, I hate his snooty behaviour. All the more so because it is accompanied by a let-me-make-teacher's-life-hell kind of behaviour. I wish he'd kept touring the world, maybe in some ship, so maybe some shark would have come by and eaten him up. And yes, I know I'm not being very nice, and that I'm actually being extremely bad, but I come here with the whole truth and sometimes the truth isn't very nice either. When I was a little lady (and I wasn't an easy to deal with little lady either), I would jump for joy at the chance of taking part in any school activity as long as it didn't involve sport. Not this little man. I sometimes think of him as lying in wait to take any opportunity that presents itself. He's smart, and sly. One of my dirtiest looks doesn't bother him in the least. I have tried ignoring him. That doesn't work either. I know what would suddenly work, but I do not believe in corporal punishment. Is it really a spare the rod and spoil the child? I like to think it's not. But sometimes I just like to think about it. I'll never do it, but thinking about it never harmed anybody.