saya kena tipu dgn anak murid sndiri...

     "Pasai apa tak keluar rehat ni.? lagi sepuluh minit nak habis masa dah." I said to one boy. A tall thin fair one.
    " tak boleh keluaq makan teacher sebab duit makan ni saya nak kumpul nak bayaq yuran..." His voice as sad as his face.

    Hancur luluh hati saya. I am not the class teacher. But I spend 7 periods a week in that class. Of course a teacher my age memang penyedih..I remember one of my teachers dulu ada cakap , as you grow older your heart grow smaller...and we tend to be sad over small sometimes silly reasons.

    "Berapa lagi tak cukup  nak bayar yuran.? Dalam hati teringat my two boys yang dulu boleh makan apa saja di canteen because I was teaching in the same school.Apa nak cakap saja nanti I pi bayaq.

     "Lagi 34 ringgit teacher. RM 100 dah ada kat rumah "
     I took out my purse. Grab RM 50 from it and gave it to him.
     "34 ringgit untuk cukupkan yuran, lagi baki RM16 buat belanja kamu."
     He quickly ran out of the class macam orang tak makan 2 hari..

    A week after that I asked him.
   "Dah bayar ke yuran kamu dengan cikgu class kamu? "
   "belum lagi teacher ..lupa bawak yang di rumah tu  "

       I accepted the explanation.  he kept on giving the same excuse day after day...and silly me still believed him.
   2 weeks after that one man teacher came to me and said.
  "Duit yang u bagi kat budak tu dia tak bayaq yuran dia bebedak (berbagi) sama kawan2 dia..habis dah duit tu depa enjoy.
     Terkejut saya...terbayang muka innocent dia masa buat2 sedih tak keluar makan sebab nak save duit buat bayar yuran.
     I went into the class and confronted him. Yes dia mengaku and semua yang mendapat habuan duit tu pun mengaku..Ada sorang 5 ringgit , ada 3, ada 2 ,dan ada sampai RM 9.

    I have no words to say to him. I just said  "suruh mak mai jumpa teacher esok.and I want back my money."
   I was not hard up for the money tapi sebagai guru saya kena didik dia. bukan setakat menghukum dan memalukan dia di hadapan kawan2nya.
   The next day I saw the mother at the canteen, but the minute she saw me, dia dah belah..a young woman in her 30s..dengan t shirt dan jeans.naik motor .

    That afternoon I heard the boys in my class said." teacher mak xxxxx kata teacher  bodoh , pi bagi duit kat budak2 tanpa preksa  pasal apa.? ".
    Terkedu saya..berpuluh tahun mengajar. dah ramai saya bantu, tak pernah saya sangka dikata macam tu..
 
  3 days after that the parents came. This time pakai scarf mak dia. The father looked ok. Found out earlier orang berpangkat juga ..soft spoken.
  I took them into the meeting room dengan guru disiplin sebagai saksi..

  The mother buka mulut dulu.." anak saya ni sebelum ni tak pernah tipu saya. Dia selalu kena buli dalam kelas..dgn budak tu , budak ni.."
  Cikgu disiplin cakap.." puan tak tau kut..kemarin dia tuang ayaq dalam beg kawan dia habis basah buku." terdiam dia.senyap terus.

   I did not say a word..guru disiplin yang terangkan semuanya on my behalf.
   Then the father said." saya ni kerja jauh ,balik kdg2 2 minggu, kdg2 seminggu sekali...and bla bla bla. saya risau juga dengar pasai anak saya ni..ish ish."

   I wanted to leave but I have to say what I have to say.
" Puan, saya bukan sedih sebab hilang RM 50 tapi saya sedih sebab tergamak puan kata saya ni cikgu bodoh bagi duit kat budak2 . Takkan saya cikgu dia sanggup dengar bila anak murid saya kata dia tk makan sebab nak save utk bayar yuran.? anak puan sangat lemah dalam bahasa Inggeris, saya coach dia personally..dari markah dia E-12% masa saya mula2 mengajar dia awal tahun, bulan ni baru dapat D-35% selepas 3 bulan coaching,dan saya harap dia akan lulus dengan markah lebih baik lagi 3 bulan nak peksa UPSR. .cikgu yang bertungkus lumus macam ni puan panggil bodoh.? "
   I got up. and said to my friend."you settle, saya ada class.now"
   The father looked at me.I can see muka dia serba salah..sedangkan si ibu tengok ceiling tak terkata apa.
  I passed them to head for the door and the father said." Cikgu saya minta maaf."
  I nodded with tears in my eyes..

   The incident was the talk of the school..
    The boy did not turn up the next day.and so a few days after that..
    Tiba2 last week he came to me to the staffroom .I was alone.He said "teacher saya minta maaf."
    I couldnt say anything..I tried too.When he left the room I was crying again...Yes I know ..I am old..and my heart is getting smaller...