my 2 cents worth
Indeed, the teacher's actions were inappropriate, but is being
inappropriate sufficient enough to sack someone? Wouldn't a warning
be sufficient?
For those who defend the actions of sacking the teacher through
the reason(excuse) of the kid feeling sorry for themselves
(self-pity), I think its total crap.
Already, the standards of our education are dropping (I am not
talking about academic results, I am talking about our morals), and
you have people like these forumers who continue to think that by
protecting the kids, giving them safe harbour (kids are forever
never wrong because they are young), they are doing the kids good.
You are the exact people that will result in kids becoming less and
less able to take care of themselves.
For those who think the teacher should be sacked, let's see what
you say about yourself when one day you get sacked because of a
small matter (like taking home a pencil for example).
Oh ya, STOMP is rubbish and should be shut down.
I think the sacking is not a case of the kids feeling sori for
themselves, I believe the kids dun even care what is going on
except going home bells and when is holidays coming.
It is the public outcry of poor professionalism and unethical
manner of a teacher that totally destroy the intergrity and dignity
of teaching professional as a whole that lead to no other choice
for the school and MOE in concern to decide to remove him. And in
employment act, hiring and firing is the perogative of the
employer.
Not that today pples are protecting their childrens, it is
because today parents are on par with teachers or even better in
knowledge and able to understand the issue better rather than our
last generation parents who for some, can't even read nor write.
And accompanied with knowledge and education themselves, parents
today can voice out their dissatisfaction thru various channel of
communications.
And as for moral, the society itself protray an academic pay
rather than base on moral, therefore the responsibility to behave
morally is very much belong to the society where govts, parents and
all of us play a role, but if u say that if 7 A is going to get a
high pay, who cares about moral. The childrens cannot be blame of
being no moral, it is the society as a whole that must change. And
that include u and me.
The blog is a public blog, he should know that, nobody is
sacking him, he is sacking himself thru his unethical act and he
should be feeling regret about it, learn from it, and carry on with
his life better and brighter for the republic of Singapore
moral.
