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[May. 17th, 2005|09:09 pm] |
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So this entry shall be dedicated to the teachers. And it shall be public because there's really no point in writing this if no one sees it. I shall try to be as objective as possible, and I will not slander or malign anyone in particular. It will be based entirely on my honest opinions and observations as a student, and though it may be skewed there's always two sides to the picture, is it not? That's what you've always taught us in History, anyway. To cut the crap short,
I think teachers should sometimes learn to reflect, too. Us students always get told to "reflect". One tiny step out of line, and we have to "reflect". Yes I do admit, we sometimes do pretty irresponsible, inconsiderate or just plain stupid things. But you know, sometimes I wonder if you're in a position to say that to us.
Let's take the punctuality issue for example. We come in 5 minutes late for assembly, we get a lecture telling us to "reflect" (yes yet again). Fair enough, it's probably our fault for coming in late. But when the same thing happens to teachers, it's treated as no big deal. Very often, we see teachers coming into lesson 5, 10, even 20 minutes late (sometimes longer), but all is dismissed simply with a statement "oh sorry girls, I forgot that I had a lesson with you" or "oh sorry girls, I got caught up talking to Mr/Mrs So-and-so". You see, when we students come in late for lessons/etc, it is assumed that we were not "responsible", because we did not remind our teacher that his/her lesson is over, because we were still finishing the last remnants of our lunch, so on and so forth. While I accept that some of these are our fault, I would like to highlight that I have witnessed numerous instances in which the teacher, despite reminders from students that his/her time is up, still carried on talking. In such a situation, would it then still be our fault that we are late? But that's not my main gripe. The thing is, teachers are excused from being late, with nothing more than a casual one-line apology, for reasons such as "forgetting that [he/she] has a lesson with a certain class". Is that responsible behaviour to you? Why, are we students punished for being late, while your teachers are not? I am in no way condoning the action of being late, or saying that it is even acceptable, but I am commenting on the inequality in treatment of offenders. Perhaps I do not fully understand the teachers' situations; if that is the case, I hereby apologise for any unfair statements made.
Another thing I would like to bring your attention to is the enforcement of certain school rules. For one, swearing is supposedly against the rules, as I have gauged from talks and lectures by our Sec 2 HOL last year. Yet, I have noticed that teachers themselves swear, too. I am not pinpointing any one teacher in particular, because I have witnessed such language from quite a few different individuals. When teachers swear in class, what can we students do but ignore it? There is hardly a student who would stand up to the teacher. But when we swear, we are, again, very often warned or scolded. I am not condemning teachers who swear. I personally do not have anything against so-called vulgar language, but once again, it is this difference in the treatment between teachers and students that gets to me.
I do not deny that there may be loopholes in my argument, and would appreciate it if you told me where I have made incorrect or unfair statements. But before you do all that, perhaps you could reflect (as you always say), too, and maybe us students and teachers can finally work together more cohesively together as a school. Thank you. |
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