Restore Your Smile

Mr. Joseph

A few days have passed. The confusion with James is diminishing for a long time, almost disappearing. Only mental hazing remains in the form of trap-filled questions that are almost always present in every hour of study.

This may be because Lily has been advising her friends who have the same thoughts as her. Or maybe the Princess Lovers Gang who have spread a direct message from Lady Priscillia to her devotees. Or it could be the Princess Gang itself who used its influence to stop it.

But, it may also be due to the presence of a new sports teacher who came in as a substitute for Mr. Santo. His name was Mr. Joseph.

Mr. Joseph was a young man with a handsome face and a fairly masculine stature. His age is almost the same as James, which is about 23-25 years. His body was well-built, his skin was brownish, and it looked like trained muscles were formed even though it was covered with a shirt.

Of course, it became the center of attention at the school of the princess. Not only the students, the female teachers who are single also joined the scene with his presence.

Mr. Joseph occupied the table of the former Saint in the teacher's room. Automatically, James becomes the New Teacher's neighbor. The delivery is quite friendly and quite outspoken. The way he spoke was firm and what it was. Somewhat a little like to talk to James, probably because James is the only male teacher who is his age.

So, we go back to the topic of hazing. Did Mr Joseph avoid hazing? The answer is .. Obviously NOT! That's why we can say earlier, that his presence may be the cause of hazing on James stopped. Because most likely there has been a change of target here.

This was known to James after Mr. Joseph complained himself what he was experiencing. And the place is none other than, where else if not the XI IPA classroom. The events were almost similar, which stumbled or which obeyed something.

"Yes, I experienced it too. So you can be patient, and it will pass" James said after Mr. Joseph told him what had just happened to him.

"Is there nothing we can do? Where can we report it? The time we just have to surrender to accept their mischief just like that?" lamented Mr. Joseph with a tone that began to rise.

"Where are you going, sir? Madam Kepsek already knows, but can't do anything about it. There is no evidence that they did it intentionally. You know for yourself how they cleverly wrap it up with the impression of an accident or accident, right?" James answered Joseph's question patiently.

Hearing James' reply, Mr. Joseph simply fell silent. But it can be seen from the look of his face is still stored in anger.

"I understand the feeling of my father. I also wanted to prove that they did it intentionally, but failed. I finally resigned. And it turns out that eventually this thing passed by itself, probably because they were bored.

So, now back to Mr. Joseph. Please if you want to fight for proof of their mischief. But my advice, we must remain wise yes, sir. Show that we remain good educators, who do not discredit students based only on prejudice without clear evidence," James continued his sentence to Mr. Joseph.

James wanted to be neutral. He did not want to cover up the total hazing action that the Princess Gang had taken. But he also did not want to defend Mr. Joseph too much. He was afraid of the incident Mr. Santo repeated, due to trusting someone too much. Fortunately at that time he had not been used by Mr. Santo.

James let it flow, just as he had. Hopefully, in this process of hazing, Mr. Joseph can get to know his own students, just as he has felt about Priscillia and her friends.

Although he knew how the Princess Gang was wrong, he chose to stay at this time. Let the students sort out the good teachers themselves in their own way. As long as they did no harm, James would close his eyes. James can only pray that Mr. Joseph can get through it well.

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