Caroleen’s Treasures

Our day went well with drizzles during late afternoon. I was too lazy to do the laundry and I am crossing my fingers that I could drag my feet into doing it tomorrow. After Ella and Donald left for school, I went back to sleep until Ella was back after 3 hours. One of her classmates pinched her on the left arm that left three little wounds. Donald wasn’t able to talk to the teacher and the boy who did it because she just met Ella almost halfway from the school. Even if Donald would go back to the school, the boy might have gone home. So when I asked Ella how school was and she showed me her wounds, I was totally mad. I interviewed Ella what happened and she said the teacher has put her chair close to the seat on her back so she moved in forward a little. That is when the boy infront of her got mad and pinched her thrice (with the other boy saying “Do it harder!”). She cried and she told the teacher what happened and the teacher scolded the boy. I hate to say that I am frustrated at what is happening inside the classroom even when the teacher is around. I told Ella to ask the teacher to transfer her seat beside the “good” kids but she said all of them are “bad”. :sighs:

So tomorrow Donald will talk to the teacher and the stupid boy. I am suggesting he should talk to the mother too because she should know and “hopefully” discipline her son.

I was a really really stressed with what is going on in here. Tadiday’s mother was furious that she won’t go home. Yesterday after worship, Tadiday went to their home because her mother wanted to talk to her “again”. She was insisting that Tadiday will go home so she can work in the ricefield during school days to pay off her debt. She knew I won’t let Tadiday be absent from her classes to pay her mother’s debt during school days because what we agreed is Tadiday can harvest rice during Saturdays only. In fact I should not let her work during Saturdays because it is the only time she can help us here in the house. But just to help the mother too, I agreed on that arrangement. But now she wanted her daugther to work whenever she wanted. I pity the girl because her mother said she will disown her if she won’t go home.

Early today she went to their house to get something and her mother was furious. Yelling she will throw all her clothes and burn them up if she won’t go home. Then again this evening she was called and again the issue is to go home. She didn’t said a word and left. The mother went near the house and was yelling….”Kung dili ka muuli karon, ilabay ko tanan imong mga sanina diri!!!! Pangita ug laing inahan nimo!!!” (If you won’t go home, I will throw all your clothes here!!! Look for another mother!!!) I was afraid what Donald might do because he was just holding his tongue and controlling his temper. What we wanted is for the mother to talk to us maturely because we talked to them maturely before Tadiday went to live with us.

I pity this girl because she really do not want to go home. We talked to her several times what is her decision and it won’t change. She is staying with us. Donald and I said we will support her decision because she hasn’t done anything wrong to be treated like that by her own mother. I was trying so hard not to be affected but I can’t help feel very bad about it. She wanted to finish school. She deserves it so much. If we let her go back to her mother, we know for sure her life will be back in misery. This is crazy!