Be a Role Model

Nowadays many teachers are so different from the days when I first started teaching. Please note that I say many and not ALL.

Just let me share with you what happen recently. No, I will not tell you whether it happens in my department or in another department.

It started with one teacher from other department complaining about a dirty classroom. Shockingly, one of the teacher asks this teacher to send a complaint to the manager!!! How can a teacher reacts like that? You are trying to play office politics and trying to get your fellow colleagues into problem. No I don’t condone teachers who does not do their parts in keeping the classroom clean, but surely there is no need to instigated other department teacher to complaint to your manager about your own friends, or do I interpret it as these colleagues of your are “hindrances” your promotion”? Very sad, as I expect teachers to have great integrity and be a role model to their students. But if they exhibits such characters, then I can only expect them to inculcate wrong values to their students. They will be telling their students that it is OK to “stab” your friends just so that you can reach the top!

Office politics in the commercial world is like that, and there is no control over such behaviour, but in school? This should never happen as teachers must have high moral values. If not, then I fear for the future of our next generation. Already I had seen how the next generation had begun to “degrade” through their bahaviours and through their lifestyles. Even in today newspaper, I read of how the son of the former President of Taiwan says that it was his mother who told him to do the wrongdoing. I am not sure who is in the wrong, but seriously, I doubt that his mother will ask him to do it as she was an invalid, and why would she wants to launder the money that she will eventually be not able to enjoy much? Even in Singapore, I had often seen how youngster treats their parents. Respect is something that my generation had always practice, but in this generation, our youngster seems to have no respect for the elders. They take it that it is their rights to shout, to scream, to demand etc from their parents. Please lah!!! My young people, if not for the hardship of your parents, do you think that you can have what you are having now?

So to all my young readers, maybe it is time for you to drop an sms to your parents, just to tell them that you appreciate all that they had done. Is it too much of me to ask of all my young readers to do it? Smsing your friends is a norm, but why not just drop an sms to your parent and tell them you are thankful for them. Come, surely you can do it and why not do it NOW!!! Spread the words to your friend and ask them also to send a simple sms to their parents to show their appreciation!!!

Youth With Attitude Problem!!!

Finally I am back!!! Hopefully, I will be able to blog more often.

I would like to blog about youth with attitude problem? At times, I just really don’t understand our youngster. Let me share with you a true incident that happens recently.

There was a boy caught for stealing and was we were ask to provide some information for the judge to pass his sentence. We tried to help the boy by giving him a good report as much as we can. When we were writing the report, he put on a good “show” trying to get us to write something good about him. So we gave him the benefit of doubt and submitted a “generous” report for him.

So finally he was sentenced and was placed in the boys’ home. He was there for one week without home leave and finally, the school accepted him so that he could continue to study. As such, he was given leave to come to school and then to return to the boy’s home after that.

But it looks like he never learnt!!! First, he tried to con me by saying that he needs to go home to help his brother to sort out some handphone problem. The way he asked was as though he had every right to go. So, I say that I will call his probation officer and inform them about it, and he immediately says that he does not want to go off anymore.

A few days later, I heard that he was caught stealing in the boys’ home and was punished by not being allowed to leave the home. This boy then tells a lie to his probation office and says that he had an exam, but there was no exam. He conned one of my colleagues to inform the probation officer that there was an exam. I simply give up on him.

So many chances were given to him but still he never learns. No that I am a hard hearted person, but I believed that he need to be put in prison, then will he learn. To me, at least if he is imprisoned now, it will hopefully change his life instead of him getting worst and eventually may cause him his life.

To me, when a person says that he had a changed of heart, then it must be reflected through his action!!! Not simply just plain words. It is so easy to say something but doing otherwise. To all my young readers, when you are given a chance, please do not abuse this chance given. I had seen too many young people abusing the chances given to them and they end up in a whole mess!!!