ST 23/8 Teacher cuts pupil's hair, mum files police report
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A letter was issued to remind the students to go for a haircut.
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dolphinsiah:
Fully agree with you!Aftr watching the documentary
Left In Kathmandu
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dgdVDSCecQ][/youtube]
You will feel how bless children are being raise in Singapore...
We have parents and teachers so worry about their upbringing .....even to the details of their hair.... :roll: -
I still do not understand, why a child need to go for a $60 hair cut? The most expensive haircut my hubby has gone to was a $38 and we felt the pinch.
What values is the parent trying to impart to the child?
Morever, being a student, you should know you have to observe the basic rules. Hair style, socks, shoes, uniform, nails, these are the basic… -
I would not fault the school or teacher’s intention entirely but the problem is the wrong timing for the warning letter and cutting boy’s hair minutes before oral exam.
Warning letters should have been distributed at least 1-2 weeks earlier followed by calling in the parents if the boy continues to defy school rules then nobody can complain more. -
only cut the frindge right?
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IMHO, both the parent and teacher should bear the blame.
As mentioned, I see no reason why the boy be brought to a hairstylist for a $60 hair cut when a simple one should suffice. Of course, if the parent feels rich and think a neighbourhood barber is not good enough, then it is her choice. But, to have a stylo milo hair cut for a young boy, I personally think it is not too appropriate. Also, a boy so yound already exposed to such extravagance is not a good thing.
As for the teacher, it is not right to ruffle the boy’s emotion just before the oral exam. She should have waited for it to be over first, even if the boy had already been warned before.
Not sure with what’s happening to some of our kid’s teachers nowadays. My DS mentioned to me that one particular teacher from his school scolds non stop for a trivial matter! Just wonder whether these teachets have the aptitude to be in the teaching profession?? -
daisyt:
dolphinsiah, thanks for sharing.....
Fully agree with you!dolphinsiah:
Aftr watching the documentary
Left In Kathmandu
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dgdVDSCecQ][/youtube]
You will feel how bless children are being raise in Singapore...
We have parents and teachers to worry about their upbringing .....even to the details of their hair.... :roll: -
If anything else, I feel that the student and his mother need to be disciplined. :spank: Maybe the teacher's timing of the haircut is untimely, given that it's just before a major national exam, but ample warning has been given to students that appropriate dressing and decorum are to be adhered to.
Sometimes I feel that too much leeway has been given to students and there's this unspoken \"fear\" of offending parents and students. Authorities and teachers afraid of public backlash? Pictures and negative publicity being circulated on social and mainstream media? The list goes on.
Coz, now parents who are not happy, easy... just report to MOE and to other higher powers that be.
Unfortunately, this does nothing for students' discipline when we sugarcoat our dealings with recalcitrant students. These students need to \"wake up\" cause society is not going to be so forgiving in real life.
One wonders that, when we allow students to flout school rules, then, how can we instill discipline and responsibility in them? These days, some students have no qualms sprouting vulgar languages in public places. Every other sentence is punctuated with an F word or some colorful mother-father lingo. Just the other day, happened to witness a local university undergrad swearing at a hawker with the F word, just because the food item he wanted was already sold out. *tsk tsk*
This P6 student was lucky he was allowed to sit for the exam. If he was at the poly level, male students with long hair or students dressed inappropriately or wearing slippers may be debarred from sitting for exams.
As some forummers have pointed out, maybe the timing for the haircut was uncalled for. But the student has only himself to blame for not adhering to instructions.
Is this a case of a teacher not suited for teaching? Personally, I think not. More likely, a teacher frustrated and at wits' end with the type of students she has to deal with daily. -
Based on the photo in the ST today, is his ‘before’ haircut considered inappropriate or too long for a boy in primary school?
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jtoh:
Based on the photo in the ST today, is his 'before' haircut considered inappropriate or too long for a boy in primary school?
From the pic, it seems ok. But pic was provided by the mom... which cd be taken by more than a month back.
There's no pic of the most recent photo before the hair cut. Don't think any teacher will just cut a student's hair just like that, unless there's a good reason to.
Then again, maybe teacher wants to channel edward scissorshand
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