Burning Anger

Jude could hear the principal as he yelled in his office despite his classroom being at least Twenty feet away from it, the principal querying Tinuke another teacher and a colleague of Jude was cut short at every turn she tried explaining her position, but the principal didn’t show interest “get your pupils’ performance level up or get fired” the principal spoke, on hearing that Jude’s heart raced because it was his turn soon. Thirty minutes later Jude went out of the principal’s office, he was furious and vowed to punish severely any pupil that doesn’t do well in his class he later asked his pupils to take out their note and taught them a topic in math promising them he’ll flog anyone who fails during the class exercise. Soon, he told his pupils to stop writing and submit their notes, for every question missed, he flogged the pupils but was short of words after going through Taiwo’s note Jude was unimpressed by what Taiwo wrote. Jude at this moment was angry, called out Taiwo’s name and asked him to explain the nonsense he had written, since Taiwo could not, Jude having boiling temper threw his pen at Taiwo. Taiwo cried out, “my eyes” as blood filled his hands and face the sight of red liquid pouring profusely from the child’s face sent shivers through Jude’s spine the anger that Jude's friends had always warned him of had caught up with him. Teachers upon hearing the cry, came into the class and rushed Taiwo out to wash his face and see the level of his injury and  to administer first aid other teachers were whispering how Mr Jude was in a big mess because of this issue and then avoiding school tomorrow as they won’t be part of the ‘showdown’ to occur the next day, as the teachers finished washing Taiwo’s face he raised his head and his eyes were intact everyone realised the pen had hit his cheek millimetres below his eyes this made everyone relieved and Mr Jude sat rooted in his chair didn’t know what to do but thanked God as this incident had shaken him to the core. The proprietor beckoned on Mr Jude to come into his office he kindly told him to hand over the school’s properties and leave the premises with immediate effect and told him if the parents took up the issue with the school they’d pay him a visit. Jude left the school with his tail tucked between his legs.