The Clock
Usually when I am in my class, I glance at the clock from time to time to see how much time I have left and whether there is enough time to do another exercise. Today I was looking at the clock and the something was different. It looked very clear. Then I realised the cover was missing ( a plastic one). So naturally I turned around and asked "What happened to the clock?", there were a few giggles and then one of the boys, Anthony said " No miss, a cat came into the room and flew to the clock and broke it" Of coz I didnt buy that and asked again - this time the truth came out - while one of the boys was throwing his things at another friend, it had hit the clock accidentally and the cover was smashed. So the other boys cleared the mess and covered it up. I told the boy to take down the clock and offer to pay for it. The boys then told me that they really didnt think I was going to find out. I still find it amazing that at sec1 they can be so childish and naive ( thinking I will not find out when I stare at the clock every day!) But again there may be part of the Indonesian philosophy. If they hope and pray hard enough, bad things will not happen.