The Education Center: Episode 1, "Good morning class."

The first day I started work at the Education Centre was the day I passed my interview there. The interview was swell, I believe my boss-to-be was trying to intimidate me and raise the bar then plonk it on my head so as to make sure I knew what I was signing up for.

Truth is, and I am not being cocky, I knew what I was signing up for. And what I signed up for reared its ugly head at me when she called me up for Part 2 of the interview, the mock class.

The class consisted of three primary school kids, 2 12 year-olds and an eleven year old. A girl and two boys. I stood at the doorway, one of them looked up at me and said;

"An Indian? NO! I hate her."

Boy, the class hadn't even started!

And so I started, I played nice. I completely ignored the greeting and the other two students quickly condemned him for being racist. Though my boss did try to explain, I guess I understood why he reacted that way.

We did simple things, basic grammar. I thought we were going on fine until the boss walked in. The jittery, pesky butterflies attacked my tummy and I missed out the first person references for plural and singular verbs.

She reminded me, "What about I and you?"

I muddled it, having no idea how to simplify it. She then jumped to the situation and explained it, incorporating 'asses' into it. She then told me sometimes 'horny' explanations helped.

I didn't know whether I should be relaxed, surprised, disgusted or be in fits of laughter but you know what? It worked.