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rong my dear. My school is an average government school in Singapore with many disinterested kids who lack attention from home. Some (more than less) of them are short on social skills and graces, not knowing how to behave appropriately most of the time. Daily classroom routine involves lots of disciplining and making them see sense of what is happening to their life apart from academic teaching.
But i strive on the sparkles in their eyes when they "get it", and their undying devotion when you "get them".
I have been in teaching for 26 years, and am still going strong..........
On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 2:28 PM, Bernard Cleyet <bernardcleyet@redshift.com> wrote:
On 2011, Feb 18, , at 20:20, Julie Quah wrote:
Maybe we need to reflect and do a self-check: why are we in teaching in the first place? What is our core business as a teacher? Then we can answer this blogging question more convincingly.
We are here because we are passionate about teaching, we want to nurture each child under our charge. Being kids means they will WILL MAKE DUMB DECISIONS, so as teachers, EXPECT them to make dumb decisions (like behaving inappropriately, not wanting to study.....) and help them become wiser. This is our influence and our call to education. If you expect our sch kids to be angels each time you see them in the classroom, and your job is to just impart academic knowledge and exam skills, then I think your misconception about education is very huge. You really néed to re-think whether this job is for you.
I'd be very interested in a study of teacher attitudes regarding this matter and the "average" behaviour of the students. My supposition is Julie teaches at a school quite different from the blogger's school.
bc
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