Dynamic Duo

My new(turning stale though) student is the richest student thus far in terms of the house he lives in, and the spare car in his driveway.
(yes yes i know there are closet millionaires hiding in HDB flats)
Landed is landed is landed. To own a piece of land in Singapore means you must have some spare cash in your pocket. Unless you're one those dumb enough to sell your soul to the bank in exchange for 10 credit lines of cos.

For some strange reason, the 'poorer' students generally are the ones who bother to give me a glass of water, pay their fees on time. The parents are also more sui2 bian4 about timing and don't complain.

With this student, I've met my worse yet.
Worst student, worst parent. The mother of all combinations. The duo from hell.

Boy, 15: Don't know anything. He can't even do Sec 2 maths. I doubt even Sec 1.
Example: -2 x -2 = -4.
-3 + 2 = -5
????????????????????????? I went blank!
Throw in an attitude like shit, which leaves me asking and answering my own questions.
He'll keep quiet and give me this really frustrated expression whenever I ask him something.
I can picture myself stretching my arms over and putting my hands around his neck.

His Mum, accomplice in crime.
Flashed me a wallet full of notes during lesson one, when she paid me for the assessments.
Like 1k notes. Not Thai Baht i swear.

This woman has something to pick on each time.
Before Lesson 1, she called and said her son always do assessments with tutors, must buy assessments. *Thought bubble: Oh well, this kid must be doing a lot of work* (The agent had said he's in Express stream.)

Upon arrival, he's in Normal Technical. Yup. Okie fine, normal technical it is. I've taught a kid in Normal before, no sweat. Until of cos I realised he's the extreme type.

Lesson 1: "He haven't bought his Maths text yet. You help him buy lor."
Okie fine...

Missing Lesson 2: She called me at 9am. Tuition supposed to be 11am. And said he's got a fever.
Come next Tuesday 11am.

Lesson 2: "Mdm Lee, it appears that his Maths is not Sec 3 standard. Maybe I should teach him Sec 2 stuff first? Or else its very hard to explain Sec 3 concepts."

"You give him difficult questions. He just started Sec 3, of cos cannot do Sec 3 questions."
KNN! *Thot bubble* Sec 3 don't do Sec 3? Then finish Sec 3 do Sec 3 is it?? Sec 1 then take PSLE?

To top it off, she once again mentioned that I ought to do assessment and not textbook.
*Thot bubble* Yes you B**ch. Your stupid son can't even get his number line right.
#Fact: I had checked with Popular and Normal Technical Sec 3 Maths only has ONE assessment book. ONE. Market size too small. No demand no supply. And its a revision test paper kind, not topic by topic kind.

Missing Lesson 3: Called on Monday night: Got family stuff to attend to. You come next Tue 11am. She is freakishly adamant about only having lesson on Tuesday 11am. No more no less, no change of timing is allowed, no other day is suitable for her precious son.

Missing Lesson 3 again: Called at 9am again. My son has stomachache.

Lesson 3: TODAY. She really breaks all records.
Upon arrival, before her precious baby descends the flight of stairs, she flipped open the assessment and said, "You give him too much homework, he has no time to finish"
(*He left most things blank*)
I went 'Huh? I gave him only 2 pages of English...
(Fact: I gave him 2 pages of English + Maths text Exercise Qn1 a b c d, Qn2 a b c d, Qn4 and Qn5.
And he had like 3 freaking weeks?)
Before I could finish, she cut me off and went .. " You tear off his answer keys"
"Ehm, I always do that with my students actually"
"Its not good to tear a book, I had MANY tutors before and NO ONE tore the book"
Argh!!

I want to quit and kick that fat rich ass of hers!
But i can't quit. Y? Cos the first month's pay from another student is still with the agency. If I quit this one, before 4 lessons, they're bound to hold my $.

Bloody. Fuck. This totally sucks.