Yes, that is something that everyone abhor.
People from the elite schools (not all of course!) have the proclivity to give that smirky look to those who are merely from seemingly degrading neighbourhood schools.
Similarly, the people leading a profligate lifestyle are always giving the poor people that look as well.
We always talk about THE look but recently, a teacher who has just graduated from NIE has just displayed the look through his very own actions.
I will summarise in and express it with much brevity here. For more information, please go read about it on asiaone.
Basically, this teacher who has just graduated from NIE was flabbergasted that he was actually posted to a neighbourhood school to teach and before he even started to teach at the school, his deeply entrenched values told him that he will not be able to adapt to that kind of environment with lots of problem kids with juvenile delinquencies. Hence, he told the teacher that he will be transferring soon as he doubt he will be able to sustain himself mentally in that kind of environment.
On hearing that, the teacher explained to him about how hard it is for the kids and that most of them come from troubled backgrounds which explained why they are so desperate for attention. The boisterous kids are merely clamouring for the attention that appears to be lacking in their lives.
So immediately, the teacher's paradigm seem to have shifted and honestly speaking, I thought that he will quit immediately considering the fact that he's already so dissapointed before he had even started to teach.
As the old adage goes, "Confidence is half the battle won."
In this scenario, he had not even attempted to try and he already admitted defeat. But in the end, he stayed on for a year and eventually he was transferred to his dream "elite" school as a teacher.
Yeah, that's my version of the story, sorry for the sloppiness there but yeah I guess the idea is there.
By the way, this story was emailed to me by the courtesy of my friend who is gifted in IT who goes by the name of Wei Kuan!
I was appalled to be honest when I first saw the news. Which era is that teacher actually living in? Does he really think that he can be posted to anywhere he wants and teach whatever he wants?
No! It's de facto the direct opposite. The truth is, you do not have a choice as to where and what you want to teach. The decision is up to the MOE and the school per se, not you!
Besides, as a teacher, shouldn't you be open-minded. Such a myopic view of his is disgusting!
To be a bona fide teacher is to be one that accepts all the students for who they are and poignantly believe in their potential. BELIEVE !!!!!!! That is exactly what the kids need right now!
In today's maladjusted society, everyone is so competitive and people start to get despondent once they are left behind, even by a small bit. These people need the support and care of the teachers desperately. If even the teachers despise them, then who exactly can they look up to?
Will they just sink into depression and oblivion?
How pathetic.
Then again, it's kinda hopefuly that the teacher actually regretted his childlike-thinking and turned over a new leaf. We ought to condone him since he had decided to give the students at the neighbourhood school a second chance.
Kudos to that!
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