Sunday, June 06, 2004 @ 1:07 pm
sigh, i'm abt to lose my part-time job.
not the Fullerton one lar, it's my tuition.
My student was telling me that his father wanted him to try studying on his own and not rely on tuition teachers.
i wasn't upset or wat upon hearing that, jus had this feeling that what I've been thinking abt has come true.
He only scored 30+ marks for his mid term exams but overall he still gotten a C5 for his Chinese.
Does a student's results always determine how good or bad a teacher is?
Should a teacher always be justified by how many marks her students get?
this is such a misperception. I mean I feel that the role of a tuition teacher is not jus there to ensure that the student score high marks in his exams ya noe. He or she is there to provide guidance and monitor the student to make sure that he will revise and refresh what he has learned in school and also clarify all doubts that he has during class. We can't 100% guarantee that through our teaching your child will definitely get high marks rite?
i mean it also depends on the student. If he doesn't put in his effort to learn and do well, I think I can't do anything much about it either.
Why are parents so obesessed with results? Don't they understand that what's most important is the process of learning and not the end of it? What matters most is whether he understand what's he doing and learning? If he studied for the sake of studying, the only result you'll get will be like many other Singaporean kids here. They're so dependent on teachers and ten year series, other school's papers and such that they don't even haf the space and time to think on their own. Their own thoughts and feelings, have they lost them completely?
I wish there could be some salvage done to the children and leaders of tomorrow. BUt i guess it's pretty hard because the concept of spoon-feeding has been so deeply rooted in our education system that it is perhaps impossible to change anything.
Results are not anything, yet the more we preach abt it there more it is harder to realise and implement it because more than often, the society judge us on how high we score, how many distinctions we can attain, the class of honours, the degree etc etc. Do you think they'll hire someone who is really hardworking and diligent in his work but yet unable to score? I don't think so. They can only see the hard facts that's presented to them, the no of certificates and the type of them.
so much effort and money in putting into the education system only to realise that it has been eating into our minds and drowning our creativity ever since we were young.
God save us....