The other evening I dropped by at my parents' place. I had a chat with my sister-in-law about her kids' schooling. Wana proudly showed me her homework, some colouring stuff she did while Wani, as usual, harassed her little sister. Azah then told me that she went to see Wani's school teacher that day. Apparently, the day before Wani came home and told she's got tonnes of homework to do ie workbook (can't remember what subject) from page 1 - 56.
Of course that's outright ridiculous, hence the reason for her seeing the teacher. Know what the teacher said? "Ha, Syazwani tu mesti tak dengar arahan saya. Saya kata mukasurat 1 sampai 3, lepas tu mukasurat 51 sampai 56. Bukan dari mukasurat 1 sampai 56!". The way Azah told the story, she was actually blaming Wani for not listening.
So I said to her, "No, Wani tak salah sebenarnya. Cikgu tu yang salah". I told Azah, kids at Wani's age ie Standard 2, still can't really grasp instructions well, especially when being told to do stuff from this page to this page, then skip a bunch of pages and do some more from this page to this page. There are almost 40 kids in one class with various perangai, level of understanding, listening & understanding skills, etc, not to mention classrooms being noisy from external sounds like the traffic, other kids talking, etc. Wani for one is a bit hyperactive. So how can the teacher expect the kids to keep quiet and listen to her and understand perfectly? I told Azah what the teacher should have done was to get the whole class to open their workbook (together), then mark the page numbers 1 - 3 (together) preferably by circling the page number using their pencils, then proceed to the next bunch of pages (together) and mark the pages (again together). Then ask the whole class whether they've got the pages right by repeating the page numbers.
I just don't understand some teachers. Kat college dulu tak belajar child psychology ke? Even if tak belajar, or masa kelas ko ponteng pegi tengok wayang dengan boyfriend, takkan tak belajar from your own experience raising your kids? Most of the school teachers are mothers anyway. That's how children operate. They have short attention span, they play with their friends. So you need to draw their attention to what you want them to do so that they will give you the results you wanted.
I sebenarnya suspect some teachers are simply sadist. They love getting angry and scolding kids. Perhaps that gives them the satisfaction. Makes them feel superior. I don't know. I think so. If not then how can you explain this - on Aliyah's first day of school, during her first assembly which parents all hanging around the edges of the assembly field, the so-called head teacher for Standard One gave her briefing to the kids. She told them they need to walk hand-in-hand, wear their name tags, etc and then said: "Ha, awak jangan nak buat suka hati awak je!". I mean, what's that supposed to mean? Have the kids started giving her trouble? Why the urge to membebel on this very first day of school? Can't she just give crisp and precise instructions instead?
That's why I say school teachers are sadist.
Of course that's outright ridiculous, hence the reason for her seeing the teacher. Know what the teacher said? "Ha, Syazwani tu mesti tak dengar arahan saya. Saya kata mukasurat 1 sampai 3, lepas tu mukasurat 51 sampai 56. Bukan dari mukasurat 1 sampai 56!". The way Azah told the story, she was actually blaming Wani for not listening.
So I said to her, "No, Wani tak salah sebenarnya. Cikgu tu yang salah". I told Azah, kids at Wani's age ie Standard 2, still can't really grasp instructions well, especially when being told to do stuff from this page to this page, then skip a bunch of pages and do some more from this page to this page. There are almost 40 kids in one class with various perangai, level of understanding, listening & understanding skills, etc, not to mention classrooms being noisy from external sounds like the traffic, other kids talking, etc. Wani for one is a bit hyperactive. So how can the teacher expect the kids to keep quiet and listen to her and understand perfectly? I told Azah what the teacher should have done was to get the whole class to open their workbook (together), then mark the page numbers 1 - 3 (together) preferably by circling the page number using their pencils, then proceed to the next bunch of pages (together) and mark the pages (again together). Then ask the whole class whether they've got the pages right by repeating the page numbers.
I just don't understand some teachers. Kat college dulu tak belajar child psychology ke? Even if tak belajar, or masa kelas ko ponteng pegi tengok wayang dengan boyfriend, takkan tak belajar from your own experience raising your kids? Most of the school teachers are mothers anyway. That's how children operate. They have short attention span, they play with their friends. So you need to draw their attention to what you want them to do so that they will give you the results you wanted.
I sebenarnya suspect some teachers are simply sadist. They love getting angry and scolding kids. Perhaps that gives them the satisfaction. Makes them feel superior. I don't know. I think so. If not then how can you explain this - on Aliyah's first day of school, during her first assembly which parents all hanging around the edges of the assembly field, the so-called head teacher for Standard One gave her briefing to the kids. She told them they need to walk hand-in-hand, wear their name tags, etc and then said: "Ha, awak jangan nak buat suka hati awak je!". I mean, what's that supposed to mean? Have the kids started giving her trouble? Why the urge to membebel on this very first day of school? Can't she just give crisp and precise instructions instead?
That's why I say school teachers are sadist.
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I really hope my daughter gets good teachers, not the sadists so that she'll enjoy school and education.