ST 23/8 Teacher cuts pupil's hair, mum files police report

[CookiesMonster]

Initially, the haircut costs 7.6 times more than my boy.


Now, 15.2 times.

And my boy is only in Sec 1 who pays $7.90 to Malay barber. Furthermore, the Malay barber can do all sort of stylish cut at the same price. $120 self-pawned.

[jtoh]

The teacher was too extreme in my opinion. If she wanted the boy to give a good impression to the examiners (as TNP article states), she could have made sure the boy’s hair was neat by the day before. And if she deemed it really necessary, wield the scissors to him then (although I don’t endorse this). Why go up to the boy minutes before his Oral, ruffle his concentration and shake his confidence by giving him an amateur haircut? Strikes me that the teacher was out to ‘get’ him and the other boys because her instructions were ignored.

[Lilac66]

CookiesMonster:

Daddy

The teacher newbie ah?

Really 自找麻烦....
Just let the examiner penalize the pupil if really the case...
Waiting for the teacher's parent to call mata also... :siao:

True, true....over zealous teacher.

But, if pupil are being penalised. Teacher will still be blamed by parent. Probably be asked why never take immediate action to prevent it from happening.

Really not easy to be a Teacher in Singapore.

Teacher is very inexperienced in handling disciplinary behaviour. I've never heard any teacher cutting the kids hair, but the parent should just focus on the issue on not on the $60 or $120 haircut.

Becoz of the cost of the haircut, it's more justifiable for her extreme actions?

[PhoBIA]

The parent so atas! Tsk Tsk…

Make such a big fuss over the haircut, trying to ppl they are rich?

[MyBaby]

Seems like teacher get blamed for shaking the boy's confidence as incident happened an hour before his PSLE oral. But if the teacher had warned the boy enough times about getting his hair cut, and the boy choose not to listen, then why blame the teacher for the inappropriate timing? The boy asked for it.

jtoh:

The teacher was too extreme in my opinion. If she wanted the boy to give a good impression to the examiners (as TNP article states), she could have made sure the boy's hair was neat by the day before. And if she deemed it really necessary, wield the scissors to him then (although I don't endorse this). Why go up to the boy minutes before his Oral, ruffle his concentration and shake his confidence by giving him an amateur haircut? Strikes me that the teacher was out to 'get' him and the other boys because her instructions were ignored.

[3Boys]

Funz:

Daddy

The Principals also side with the parents...
So the teachers are always wrong...
LPPL...
No pride being teachers nowadays...

In this case really lah. The teacher went overboard. Was there any attempt made by the teacher to talk to the parents before taking this action? If having a proper haircut is so crucial the proper thing would have been to call the parents up at the very least 1 day before.

Insisting that the kids abide by the school rules is not wrong, how she went about it though, is not exactly ideal.

I have to agree that although the parent and boy in this case are absolute brats, the teacher's judgement and actions were really questionable, and ultimately counter-productive.

[jtoh]

If the teacher's intention was for the boy to leave a good impression with the PSLE invigilator (as TNP reports), presumably it's also bec she wants the boy to score well at the Oral exam. If that's the case, giving the boy an amateur haircut minutes before the exam and rattling his nerves is definitely not going to achieve either.

MyBaby:

Seems like teacher get blamed for shaking the boy's confidence as incident happened an hour before his PSLE oral. But if the teacher had warned the boy enough times about getting his hair cut, and the boy choose not to listen, then why blame the teacher for the inappropriate timing? The boy asked for it.

jtoh:

The teacher was too extreme in my opinion. If she wanted the boy to give a good impression to the examiners (as TNP article states), she could have made sure the boy's hair was neat by the day before. And if she deemed it really necessary, wield the scissors to him then (although I don't endorse this). Why go up to the boy minutes before his Oral, ruffle his concentration and shake his confidence by giving him an amateur haircut? Strikes me that the teacher was out to 'get' him and the other boys because her instructions were ignored.

[Funz]

jtoh:

If the teacher's intention was for the boy to leave a good impression with the PSLE invigilator (as TNP reports), presumably it's also bec she wants the boy to score well at the Oral exam. If that's the case, giving the boy an amateur haircut minutes before the exam and rattling his nerves is definitely not going to achieve either.

This teacher should just keep quiet if she does not want to admit she lost her cool. Her reasons only make her seem irrational.

[MyBaby]

I agree that the confidence of the boy could be adversely affected by the act of his hair being cut against his will (that is, assuming that psle is important to this kid in the first place). However, in absence of information about what had transpired between the teacher and the boy, it is not fair to blame the teacher - for all we know, prior to the exam, the teacher could have warned him of the possibility of his hair being cut by her should he turn up on the day of the exam without cutting his hair.


I think the only thing for sure we know is the hair cut cost $60!

jtoh:

If the teacher's intention was for the boy to leave a good impression with the PSLE invigilator (as TNP reports), presumably it's also bec she wants the boy to score well at the Oral exam. If that's the case, giving the boy an amateur haircut minutes before the exam and rattling his nerves is definitely not going to achieve either.

MyBaby:

Seems like teacher get blamed for shaking the boy's confidence as incident happened an hour before his PSLE oral. But if the teacher had warned the boy enough times about getting his hair cut, and the boy choose not to listen, then why blame the teacher for the inappropriate timing? The boy asked for it.
[quote=\"jtoh\"]The teacher was too extreme in my opinion. If she wanted the boy to give a good impression to the examiners (as TNP article states), she could have made sure the boy's hair was neat by the day before. And if she deemed it really necessary, wield the scissors to him then (although I don't endorse this). Why go up to the boy minutes before his Oral, ruffle his concentration and shake his confidence by giving him an amateur haircut? Strikes me that the teacher was out to 'get' him and the other boys because her instructions were ignored.

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[jtoh]

MyBaby:

I agree that the confidence of the boy could be adversely affected by the act of his hair being cut against his will (that is, assuming that psle is important to this kid in the first place). However, in absence of information about what had transpired between the teacher and the boy, it is not fair to blame the teacher - for all we know, prior to the exam, the teacher could have warned him of the possibility of his hair being cut by her should he turn up on the day of the exam without cutting his hair.


I think the only thing for sure we know is the hair cut cost $60!

Whatever transpired between the boy and the teacher, it's still not correct for a teacher to wield scissors to a boy's hair minutes before an exam. I believe there are better ways to address the problem of non-compliance.