despondent SG recently, the news have been toking abt the case of kindergarten teachers meting out inappropriate punishments on kindergarten kids...parents have complained abt tis... n some of the teachers have lost their jobs... there was another case concerning the school for the deaf when one teacher made students slap each other...end up she, a supervisor n the principal were sacked...wads ur take on these 2 matters? were the teachers' actions justifiable?
ShutterBug SG Unusual punishments metted out by teachers can be curbbed and fine tuned. But treating students like Emperrors & Empresses, will create a new society of people no amount of Courtesy Campagnes can rectify.
pearlie27 SG their actions may be uncalled for but i sometimes pity the teachers for parents nowadays are a complaining lot!
elindra SG Actually some of the parents who complain ought to be smacked themselves Teaching their kids all the wrong values etc
dragg SG just look at the behaviour of kids nowadays and you know how bad the situation has become. during my school days it was common for teachers to smack our hands with a wooden ruler.
justcooler SG hey be fair la, not every thing also can blame the gov for wrong doing ma Or maybe some la educational system, 2 kids enough, longer working hours, higher living standard..... wa you have a point man
digicharat SG i miss the old system.. pull ear, slap buttock, throw bag out of classroom, humiliated in class... haizzzz...
despondent SG well, at least those teachers were humane enuff nt to mete out prolonged punishments...imagine wad it would have been like if those kindergarten kids had been placed in a dark room for hrs...wad abt the slapping incident? imagine if the punishment was based on duration(continuous slapping for certain amt of time) n nt number of slaps(each student received abt 9 slaps)...it would have been a lot worse...the students would have ended up wif physical injuries... it is true tat parents nowadays tend to overpamper their children n tat could explain the bad behaviour in schools...n parents often put lots of pressure on teachers to teach the child well yet they r nt to mete out harsh punishments... maybe tis is y theres a shortage of teachers in singapore...
mhcampboy SG LOLx. my MT teacher loves to pull my sideburn. OUCH!! my science teacher loves to throw chalks at anyone who talks...
