Quick to pinpoint, quick to judge. Never to appreciate.
I can only say this with irritation and disappointment. More of the latter actually. Just makes me feel sad and disillusioned.
Chinese parents tend not to complain about teachers being fierce to their children. In fact, one even encouraged me to scold and punish her child terribly should he not listen. Another race (I shall not name in case I get into trouble), I have gotten feedback that I've been too fierce with the children. This said when I've never even directly scolded their children before. Just scolded the class as a whole. This is also wrong?
Said I gave her daughter nightmares and made her cry even at home. My heart just sank all the way to the bottom when I read the email and I could not help breaking down too because I felt so wronged.
Is it wrong to scold primary 5 pupils who attend a tuition program when they don't wanna do worksheets and instead want to waste their time and parents' money by talking nonsense in class? Is it wrong to scold my very own pupils who just refused to do corrections (just need copy out the marked compositions) even after WEEKS? She said her elder daughter (in the tuition programme) also said I was very fierce.
Does anyone dare to tell me in my face that what I've done is wrong? If that is so, just tell me straight in the face. I dare you to. If you can even get the words out of your mouth, I will shut up in class from now on and let all your children do whatever they want. Not disciplining your children, not terrifying your children doesn't guarantee results.
A relief teacher who came to my class only 1 day when I was on medical leave even spent almost the entire time scolding them, resulting in lessons not covered. That coming from a teacher who hardly knew them and who only spent that mere 2.5 hours with them. Only spent about 0.5 hours teachers. What happened to the 2 hours?
Scolding. Scolding and scolding. My very own pupils told me that you know?
So now you tell me. Is it justifiable to scold pupils who disregard what you tell them? Should I just smile and ask them to keep up with their worst behaviour and let them carry on with it until primary 6 and beyond?
Don't accuse me of demanding good results from pupils. DON'T YOU DARE! Whatever I do, I do it with the best interests of the pupils. I don't care that pupils don't ALL get band 1 but I care if anyone were to fail HORRIBLY. When I called you up to advise you to allow your child to come for remedial, it's for her own good because teachers would be able to focus on her instead of a classroom full of pupils. When you refused to, after 1 session, I respected that. There's nothing I could do. Even if you were lying to me when you said you would be sending her to a tuition centre instead, just to humour me, I don't care because at the end of the day, she's your child. If you were to let an oversensitive child tear your heart into pieces, then I'm telling you, you are just spoiling her and encouraging her to continue with her ways.
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I have decided to quit my Jap course and dedicate 99.9% of my waking hours to my work. I hope everyone's happy. My conscience is clear and that's it.
Serendipity believed today at 11:31 PM
