Second Chances by A.E. Radley

Author:A.E. Radley [Radley, A.E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Heartsome Publishing
Published: 2019-02-23T07:00:00+00:00

20

FEELING LEFT OUT

“How long do I have to stand here?” Colin asked from his position in the corner of the room.

“For as long as I say,” Alice told him.

She’d decided that sending the boy to Hardaker was completely pointless. His disruptive behaviour hadn’t changed, and the deterrent of being sent to the headmaster’s office wasn’t working.

When Colin had taken a pen and drawn on his face in order to make the other children laugh, his first question to Alice was if he should go to see Mr Hardaker.

She’d had enough and ordered him to stand in the corner. At least that way he might overhear some of the lesson being taught and learn something. He certainly wasn’t learning anything being sent out of the class all of the time.

It was also time to have another probably pointless conversation with Hardaker. He had to do something about Colin’s behaviour. It wasn’t her job to discipline the constant disruptive force. She was already having difficulty teaching the class as well as keeping up with Rosie’s own personal curriculum.

“So, I want you all to look at your worksheets in silence,” she addressed the class. “Let’s see how much you can remember about last week’s lesson on telling the time.”

They all started working on their clock faces assignment, except for Rosie who was working on Key Stage 3 maths. The children were too young to realise that Rosie was working on different worksheets, and if they did notice, they didn’t question it.

The lights flickered.

“It wasn’t me,” Colin said from the corner.

“I wish it was,” she muttered under her breath. At least then she’d be able to fix it.

“Miss?” a girl called Siobhan put her hand up.

“Yes, Siobhan?”

“Why is the school so rubbish?”

She’d asked herself that a few times. “It’s not rubbish, it’s just old. And they are working on the electrics and then the lights will stop flickering.”

Siobhan didn’t look convinced.

“Now, remember this is in silence,” Alice said, hoping to fend off a mutiny from children fed up with their poor working conditions. She walked around the room, looking over shoulders to see what was being written. When she reached Rosie, she realised she was already done with her worksheet, having started it before lunch.

She pulled out the empty chair beside her and sat down. “All done?” she asked in a soft voice.

Rosie nodded.

Alice picked up the paperwork and flipped through. She was unsurprised to see that Rosie had blasted through the questions easily. Every time she found a gap in Rosie’s knowledge, she explained to her the process required to get to the correct answer. She only ever needed do it once before it was locked into Rosie’s brain. It was an incredible skill for someone so young.

She knew that she needed a more permanent solution to Rosie’s education. While she was happy to teach her what she could, she couldn’t do so at the cost of the other students in the class. Not to mention that Rosie deserved a more dedicated curriculum. She was exceptional, and the sky was the limit in how far she could go.

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