Fire Evacuation Prank!

Last Friday, a lower primary pupil smashed the glass of the fire alarm, setting off the alarm that shocked everyone out of the blue & brought the whole school down to the parade square in a matter of minutes! I am not sure whether to laugh it off or be angry about it.

The best part was that everyone thought that it was a surprise fire drill... until one teacher came up to the discipline master & reported that a pupil whom she was punishing, hit the fire alarm glass, out of anger.

The strangest part was that this wasn't the first time that a pupil did this. Last year, another lower primary pupil did the same act, out of anger... & some teachers still recalled last year's incident.

Oh well... after teaching for almost half a year in primary school, I have come to accept that many things could possibly happen... & some of these things can be really unexpected. Its quite an adventure actually, to be a teacher in a primary school... sometimes the least expected things can happen... it makes life interesting, yet annoying at times. Nowadays kids are so different from last time... just a short generation span of 20 year can make such a difference... scary... I worry how my own children could end up next time... with a more than 30 year generation gap.

Sometimes these things can be so difficult to predict. I have seen even kids from very good family background, end up misbehaving. I think its really about the influence that kids get around them nowadays... mostly from the media & their peers around. Its very sad... God, can You please do something, please? Please?