Is this behaviour of teacher acceptable?

[ngl2010]

janet_lee88:

teachers are humans...yes like what was mentioned, i certainly do not wish to be a teacher. however, some teachers can be so authoritative...they literally tell you and not discuss how best to bring out the child and work together...the tone sucks. having such a teacher, i feel put off as a parent facing her once a year.

I realized that it is better to meet teachers not during PTM. We can have longer time to discuss about our kids and our rapport is better because the teacher(s) will remember us. The teachers I had meeting with, told me about my son's weaknesses and tips on how to impove it. My son said those tips are not new but hearing them from the teachers ourselves made us put more effort in enforcing it e.g. read newspaper everyday.

[janet88]

i am still nagging at him to pick up the newspapers...he only reads 'digital life' :mad: daughter does read oxford tree though.


as for meeting teachers, they are so busy. however, i do email daughter's teachers regularly.

[ngl2010]

janet_lee88:

i am still nagging at him to pick up the newspapers...he only reads 'digital life' :mad: daughter does read oxford tree though.


as for meeting teachers, they are so busy. however, i do email daughter's teachers regularly.

My son likes to read novels during meals. So, during breakfast I usually placed the previous day's Home section (that is the teacher's recommended ST's section) on the dining table and ask him to flip and read ONE article that he is interested in. If he does not read, he can't read his novels

[janet88]

told him to read FRONT page of ST…that is the least i am expecting from him.

[ChiefKiasu]

janet_lee88:

i am still nagging at him to pick up the newspapers...he only reads 'digital life' :mad: daughter does read oxford tree though.


as for meeting teachers, they are so busy. however, i do email daughter's teachers regularly.

Don't nag or tell him to read the papers. Engage him in a discussion. Ask him what he thinks about the happenings in Singapore or around the world today. Tell him your views.

A quick way is to spend 15mins everyday just reading the editorial page (a quarter of a page) and then discuss about it along 4 main areas:
1) What are the explicit points made by the editor?
2) What are the implicit points or assumptions that the editor is trying to put across (must read between the lines, or see the big picture)
3) Which of these points do you agree with the editor?
4) Which of these points do you disagree with?

Do this consistently for a month and you will find he will start getting an interest in reading the rest of the papers because now he has a better understanding of the issues, thanks to your explanation.

[SAHM_TAN]

ChiefKiasu:

janet_lee88:

i am still nagging at him to pick up the newspapers...he only reads 'digital life' :mad: daughter does read oxford tree though.


as for meeting teachers, they are so busy. however, i do email daughter's teachers regularly.

Don't nag or tell him to read the papers. Engage him in a discussion. Ask him what he thinks about the happenings in Singapore or around the world today. Tell him your views.

A quick way is to spend 15mins everyday just reading the editorial page (a quarter of a page) and then discuss about it along 4 main areas:
1) What are the explicit points made by the editor?
2) What are the implicit points or assumptions that the editor is trying to put across (must read between the lines, or see the big picture)
3) Which of these points do you agree with the editor?
4) Which of these points do you disagree with?

Do this consistently for a month and you will find he will start getting an interest in reading the rest of the papers because now he has a better understanding of the issues, thanks to your explanation.

That's what I'm trying to do with DD1 at a lower level. We read The Little Red Dot together heehee, an article a day LOL

[janet88]

Got it Chief…thanks.

[yeomaylin]

SAHM_TAN:

That's what I'm trying to do with DD1 at a lower level. We read The Little Red Dot together heehee, an article a day LOL

How do we get to buy The Little Red Dot? I thought it is only available to school. Any possibility that we can order it directly from ST? My DS school does not subscribe for The Little Red Dot but I'm very interested to get the copy.

[junetan76]

personally, I think there’s a line that can’t be crossed.


Because if this line is crossed, wrong messages/ learning will be transferred to children.
E.g. being violent - children will think that being violent will enable them to win.

Teachers’ hands are really very, very tight.
They have to set the right discipline.
Without good discipline, lessons cannot be conducted, thus knowledge ot transferred = exams… fail = teacher deemed as incapable of maintaining good discipline/ can’t teach well and everyone gets upset and demoralised for different reasons.

Many teachers I know of… sleep very few hours so as to,
- ------- clear work - I call it - The "Wall of China"
A few examples are:
-setting exam papers/ worksheets - class worksheets, remedial worksheets, enrichment worksheets/ topical test papers etc
- type minutes- departmental meetings/ staff meetings/ level meetings etc
-write reports — appraisals, reports or research for projects, CCA reports, awards reports, remarks for students’ report books etc.
- marking ---- English/ Maths/ Science worksheets/ books etc.
This is only about 20% of a teacher’s job scope.

When I asked the primary one kids "Would you like to be a teacher when you grow up?"
Many of them said, "Yes."

In primary 2, many of them changed their answer to "No".
"Because teachers don’t get to rest." They said.

Many teachers really want to teach and bring out the best in the children under their charge.
BUT… hands are tight… they get complained over every little thing…
- voice too loud
- voice too soft
- teach too fast
- teach too slow
- too much homework
- too little homework
and the list goes on.

I have had my share of facing unreasonable parents.

Thankfully, most parents are very reasonable and supportive.

[janet88]

in primary school, class management is a very tough job.

kids are young and even at upper primary, they are not much better.
it's not easy to be a teacher now, as parents are educated and have expectations. if principal is demanding, poor teachers will suffer even more. for the part that teachers have so much work and non-core teaching stuff, i really salute them... :salute: