Teaching seems to be somewhat a stable, high profile and respectable job, but behind the scene, it is a whole different story. I am not sure about primary school, but students in secondary schools can be really nasty and fearful.
Just a few days back one of the teachers’ car got scratched by one of the students. He suspected that the student he scolded and disciplined must have done that. I have seen teachers being mocked at by students, and this particular teacher is really damn kanchiong. I am not too sure why. There is also a teacher that I saw who neglected the discipline of the class as she could not control it anymore and just kept on teaching even when the class was noisy and quite a handful of them was sleeping. I was really appalled. Most probably she wanted to just get her high pay and just go with the flow, not stressing herself with all the rebellious punks.
I have also seen quite a number of medication that were dispensed by doctors and they were written “anti stress pills” and from there and all other instances, I knew it was not easy being a teacher. Some teachers have also contemplating to quit once their 3 year MOE bond has ended. Teaching industry is not for everyone, as I think about 30 percent of your day would be teaching and the rest are crappy admin stuff and meetings to be done.
Gone are the days when students are fearful of discipline masters and now, we welcome punks with long dyed hair into the local education. It is really embarrassing.
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