Today, two students walked into my room. The people at the front desk had given them a card key that opens my door. So, I’m sitting here, slowly getting ready for a quick shower before bed (that is to say, I’m in shorts and a bathrobe), and all of a sudden two young Asian gentlemen walk into my room.

So, I turn around. I ask them what they are doing here. They look confused and terrified (probably because I’m in a bathrobe and in their room). I tell them that I am in this room until tomorrow, so I send them back to the front desk to get a new key.

I cannot believe this place. They’ve literally forgotten that I’m here. I have no way to get food yet. I have to be buzzed in and out of the building. And now they are booking other people in the room I’m living in. And they asked me if I was staying here or living with some relatives until the first day of work? So, technically, I could have unloaded my belongings here, gone to my relatives in Brampton, and come home on Tuesday to find that people had been rummaging through my stuff (because I doubt a couple of kids could resist looking into the tote that I have with a Wii/DS/PSP and a whole pile of video games, and with an LCD TV nearby, why not have a little fun?

This school is a mess. A trainwreck. I’ve heard the stereotype that co-ops from our school can be pretentious and act like they’re the hottest thing since sliced bread. That isn’t how I’m trying to come across. I’m asking for a little respect and decency. Had I gone to sleep, those two kids (who I might be TEACHING next week) would have walked in on me in my boxers without a blanket (because it is hot in these rooms).

After that, I might as well quit my job (or abandon the profession entirely) and prepare for some sort of sexual harassment/indecency charge.

Oh, also, my keycard has expired again. I need to go down to the front desk to have it renewed. If this becomes a daily occurrence, I will be most displeased.