I can't understand this

As any of you readers might already know, I'm a teacher and have been enjoing it for more than 10 years. I love doing it and I love love doing it all this time. But something happened today that really rocks my world and make me fel flat!

Today is Wednesday and as in any other Wednesday, its either Staff meeting or Departmental meeting. So today, it was the later. Now during today's meeting, we have to update each other on the progress of the programmes that we are in charge of. So we had to go round table... I was fine. No problem except with some of concerns raised about seashore life program.
It was fine, until my no2 came and told us about the upcoming workshop for parents this coming Saturday. I thought, hey, thats great. What a wonderful idea! It was wonderful when one of my colleagues opened up his mouth and asked if they could include parents from the P3 as well. Gawd! What was he thinking? And so the inevitable response came... My No 2 look at me and ask me to look into it! O.k fine..it is still a good idea but something not right here...

And then, we were back in the staffroom... I had a minor conversation with that esteemed colleague of mine...I ask him to elaborate more on his idea, which he did until, I asked, "do you think we really need this talk for the parents?" And he replied," Actually I'm only doing this to increase my portfolio!" WTF? I love teaching, and damn if I'm going to let this chosen profession of mine be tarnished with people who do things for the sake of just doing it... So I advise hi, if he think that there are more that he could do, why don't he approach other members of the committe and offer his assistance. His reply astounds me..."I think I'm expected to lead." So I invite him to lead and his responds, dumbfounded me..."no lah, why don't we share the credit?" Aargh!!!

So tomorrow, I'm calling a meeting to see what the other teachers in the level would say...

11th April 11.51pm (time from my pre-own mac dual g4s)

Science Center

Went to science center just now. They have a new exhibition hall, titled iSpace... Very nice! Highly recommended. There's an exhibit where you can be Tom Cruise as in Minority Report...LOL