Grant me a rant today.It's a harangue about people...some people...people who don't care a toss about other people's feelings and not even know that reciprocation is the kindest thing one can ever commit.It is sad that the person is young but old enough to put two and two together and get four.On a hindsight,I think it's more to
having a bloated ego and being in the position where you are the boss's daughter and that no-one can touch you!Someone like her should be put in her place and I think I have done well in totally ignoring her.Period.
I recently was given the task of tutoring two eight year olds.The moment I saw them
I thought to myself that they were really cute and I'd enjoy teaching them.Oh! was I wrong!@#$!.They were in reality two little devils in disguise!They were DISRUPTIVE(that I can take having been teaching for 35 years)NOISY (okay by me)TALKATIVE(I always welcome talkative ones because a teacher sometimes feels lonely when pupils are too quiet)BUT downright rude and uncouth...something which is so unacceptable to me.They did not show any respect whatsoever for the teacher and behaved as though they were in command!It took me some time to tell them who the boss was and when they had calmed down,I managed to find out a little about their home bacground and their parents.
Experienced teachers always hit the nail in the head when their pupils behave in certain ways.If they are pleasant and well-mannered,then their parents are too.If they are rude and behave like punks,guess how their parents behave.If they shout at their friends and the teacher you know that their parents shout at them at home!
My guess about their parents was right.One has parents who work the whole day and have no time to nurture their little girl.The other has a father who teaches her to be materialistic (at such a young age )and tells her that she should not be a teacher because teachers DO NOT earn a lot of money!!!!She proudly announced that she wanted to be a boss like her father.I personally wonder who taught her father to read and write and count???
That is why there are so many unhappy children in the world today.If they are bold enough to kill themselves ,they do it.If not they lead unsavoury lives just to spite their parents....which comes to my tirade about people.
If I were to be given three wishes,one of them would be that all mothers be given an allowance so that they do not need to go out to work.They can stay at home and bring up the kids and hopefully we'd have less or no problems with juvenile delinquency.Wishful thinking but it is a thought.I think I'll talk to Muhyiddin about it.After all, he's a relative!!HA HA
Dearest Lyn
ReplyDeletetrue, we just discussed abt kids nowadays...no respects to their teachers. we want creative generations BUT one who stil respect people especially TEACHERS. i hope i will always considered as a GOOD student for all my TEACHERS... terima kasih CIKGU!
PS: yes, pls do tell our minister aka DPM. pls! we are not only producing math-sc literate generations but those who are civilized. to be civilized pls read LITERATURE. thank you.
ReplyDeleteHi Mawar,
ReplyDeleteYou've always been that model student.Look where you are now.It is students like you who make teachers like me find so much pleasure in teaching.They should not be churning out so many scientists etc.They forget about the aesthetic side of life.Look at the way they teach literature.I don't blame the teacher because they are given so few periods.I took eng.lit as ONE separate subject which is what they should do now!!
Dear my Cikgu,
ReplyDeleteTERIMA KASIH CIKGU!
pleased to make u proud of me. yeh, agreed - always remember abt the aesthetic side of life. the art of life. know it. appreciate it. i ll always do, Cikgu. always will. insya Allah.