Bad Teachers
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My daughter went to British Council in Napier Rd to prep herself for P1. Her teacher Pauline called me into e class and told her to read aloud some words on a piece of paper in front of her classmates and myself. Out of 10 words she is able to pronounce 7 right. Her teacher Pauline looked at me and went… what’s the point coming to class wearing a nice dress and looking all pretty but can’t read? I was dumbfounded. My 6 year old was so embarrassed tt she cried in front of her classmates. We never went back. Bad teachers are everywhere. The lucky ones won’t get to meet em.
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MsPizza:
My daughter went to British Council in Napier Rd to prep herself for P1. Her teacher Pauline called me into e class and told her to read aloud some words on a piece of paper in front of her classmates and myself. Out of 10 words she is able to pronounce 7 right. Her teacher Pauline looked at me and went.. what's the point coming to class wearing a nice dress and looking all pretty but can't read? I was dumbfounded. My 6 year old was so embarrassed tt she cried in front of her classmates. We never went back. Bad teachers are everywhere. The lucky ones won't get to meet em.
Sorry to hear about your gal's bad experience.
But I'm sure good teachers are everywhere too. Probably all of us have met our fair share of bad/lousy/average/good teachers along the way.
If one has only met bad teachers throughout, this person must be really unlucky.......... -
There are good teachers…as in passionate, dedicated, responsible and willing to go that extra mile for weak students…unfortunately, there are not many of them around. Some reasons could be:
1) those qualities were there when teachers first started, but fizzled out after some years.
2) teachers are too tired and given non-core stuff.
3) teachers who joined teaching bcos they see as iron rice bowl
4) moonlighting earns better…being a school teacher is to know what is happening and command high fees.
If a teacher has always been allocated to top few classes, he/she doesn’t have to repeat and repeat bcos students are able to grasp faster…and so teacher can afford to be lax…with this attitude, the weaker classes will naturally suffer if this kind of teacher is allocated to teach them.
Remember saying this before…friend’s son in a popular primary school, but in weak class, had this teacher who looked down on students…and very obvious with hurtful words. Even friend herself had to put up with those words during PTM.
Which child doesn’t want to be in top few classes? Which person doesn’t want to look pretty/handsome? -
MsPizza:
My daughter went to British Council in Napier Rd to prep herself for P1. Her teacher Pauline called me into e class and told her to read aloud some words on a piece of paper in front of her classmates and myself. Out of 10 words she is able to pronounce 7 right. Her teacher Pauline looked at me and went.. what's the point coming to class wearing a nice dress and looking all pretty but can't read? I was dumbfounded. My 6 year old was so embarrassed tt she cried in front of her classmates. We never went back. Bad teachers are everywhere. The lucky ones won't get to meet em.
I am sorry to hear about this public humiliation, to you and your child. I would definitely raised this issue with British Council and get my money back at least, if not demand for apology and compensation for such rude treatment from an utterly unprofessional teacher!
Please tell your dd, she managed 7 out of 10, well past the average, it is not fair to say she can't read! And the reason she go to class is to improve herself and learn more. This teacher is just one bad example and there are many more good teachers that she can learn from. -
MsPizza:
My daughter went to British Council in Napier Rd to prep herself for P1. Her teacher Pauline called me into e class and told her to read aloud some words on a piece of paper in front of her classmates and myself. Out of 10 words she is able to pronounce 7 right. Her teacher Pauline looked at me and went.. what's the point coming to class wearing a nice dress and looking all pretty but can't read? I was dumbfounded. My 6 year old was so embarrassed tt she cried in front of her classmates.
How can a teacher be so mean to a child? That's utterly insensitive :mad:
The poor little girl would be traumatized. Please tell your daughter she CAN read. 7/10 is not bad...furthermore, she should be applauded for having the courage to read in front of the class. -
Last yr, i signed up my ds for few days science enrichment program at Starquest.
There were lots of caucasian children in the class n they were quite mischievous.My ds was being bullied on the first lesson.When i spoke to the teacher, she said it is a norm,they r their regular students. She claimed my ds not used to the environment n she sided the boy,by saying that:"It’s alright u splashed water on him bcoz u wanna befrd him,right?"
luckily,it was only a 2days program. -
janet_lee88:
I agree with Janet. This is just not right. A kid goes for the lessons to learn. If she already knows, what on earth is the parent paying for?
How can a teacher be so mean to a child? That's utterly insensitive :mad:
The poor little girl would be traumatized. Please tell your daughter she CAN read. 7/10 is not bad...furthermore, she should be applauded for having the courage to read in front of the class. -
Last night,my ds told me that his teacher openly criticized one of the students mother.
The boy’s mother actually put a remark on the worksheet,asked the teacher why this wasn’t marked. The teacher told the class this mother is so rude,then asked the boy to tell the mother to erase the remark.
My understanding is all the homework(worksheets) will be passed to someone in the mgmt to review?? Coz the teachers always return back all the worksheets n asked the students to do filing b4 they send for inspection or something… -
Is it a norm that the homework that teacher marked,doesn’t indicate any correct answers?
Actually,i feel like asking the teachers to give me the "model answers" so i chk myself.My ds told they also didn’t go thru the answers in the class. -
vinegar:
Wow, this is galling. If I am the mum I will not let it go, but we tend to give teachers benefit of doubt and think our kids have misheard or exaggerated. To hear it confirmed from a third party is really painful.Last night,my ds told me that his teacher openly criticized one of the students mother.
The boy's mother actually put a remark on the worksheet,asked the teacher why this wasn't marked. The teacher told the class this mother is so rude,then asked the boy to tell the mother to erase the remark.
My understanding is all the homework(worksheets) will be passed to someone in the mgmt to review?? Coz the teachers always return back all the worksheets n asked the students to do filing b4 they send for inspection or something....
Yes the files are checked by management. Not all homework are compulsory so a percentage may not be marked. But good teachers will have gone through it either before or after.
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