OSAT 4- A monologue

STORY 4- OSAT (of students and teachers)

A student’s voice:

I’m Kee Meng. I’m 15. I study in a national secondary school.

In the morning, I am in school. School is boring. I just can’t understand what the teachers are teaching. As I can’t understand them, I always feel sleepy. I put my head on the desk. Close my eyes. Relax . Then, I am fast asleep. It is so fast and so easy to fall a sleep. A few teachers will poke me asking me to get up to learn. I ignore them. However, some will scold me for being rude. Am I?

When I get up, I have nothing else to do except talk to my friends who sit around me . I talk to them even while the teachers are teaching. They don’t seem to mind. Have they given up hope on me? They carry on teaching and I continue my conversation. I don’t care . They don't bother.

After school, I work in a motorcycle workshop. That is when I am fully awake. I become alive. Nothing is boring here. The smell of oil, the sound of rumbling engine and the sight of engine parts make my day. These will I not miss. I can miss school but not the workshop.

Why go to school then? My teachers ask me. Well, my parents force me. What am I to do?

STORY 3- of students and teachers (OSAT)

STORY 3:

A story I heard….
Many years ago, there was a Form 5 male student who tried drugs. Eventually, he became a drug addict and left school. He worked in order to feed his habit. No matter how much he earned, he always did not have enough of money to buy the drugs that he needed. So, he had to borrow, beg and steal. He borrowed from friends, brothers, sisters, uncles and relatives. He begged his parents for money and more money. He stole money and stole anything that could be sold. What a sad and tragic way of living one’s life.
What was more tragic was his girlfriend who helped him. He needed money. He asked from her. She was then a student. She was not working. How could she help him? He told her to be a prostitute. She obeyed him willingly. Had she thought of the consequences?
He ruined his own life. He destroyed his girlfriend’s life. He broke his parents’ heart.
What about her? Her dreams and hopes- had she any? And what about her parents?
He is one of the many, many young men and women who have chosen the way of drugs and destruction.

STORY 2- OF STUDENTS AND TEACHERS

STORY 2- Of students and teachers

No teachers punish students without a reason. Students who talk while their teacher is talking, students who refuse to complete their work and students who misbehave are usually punished. They are disciplined so that hopefully they turn over a new leaf. A teacher who fails to discipline, fails to educate the school children. Very often a teacher, who disciplines, does it out of a sincere heart and always wants the students to obey his instructions.
However, teachers do make mistakes. We may make a wrong judgment and students may be punished wrongly. If you as a student is wrongly punished, then I advise you to forgive your teacher. You have every right to be angry at your teacher. Be angry but not for too long. Express it verbally and let it go. Otherwise, you will feel bitter towards your teacher for a very long time. That’s not good for you. Be free of bitterness and move on.
Now let me finish my story.
A student refused to do his work in class. The teacher went near him. He told him to start doing the exercise. Still he refused. Then, the teacher pinched him. He turned, faced towards the teacher and punched him at his face. It happened very fast. The teacher was not prepared for such a punch. He was taken by sheer surprise. Before he could respond, the student ran out of the classroom.
How could students do such a thing? What should teachers / educators do?

2 MORE YEARS!!!

Hi, all.
Good news or not so good news? Teachers are allowed to continue teaching for another two years after their retirement age of 56.
Good news for me! I will see my students around for another two years.
On the other hand, it's not so good news. I have to deal with students who are bored, who can't read and write, who sleep in class and many others. They are indeed a great challenge to us teachers who need creative ways of teaching them.

What say you.....?

STORY 1 - OF STUDENTS & TEACHERS

A few years ago Form 5 students had to pay about RM 100 for their SPM examination. Teachers had to get their students to pay up by February. Some students were prompt, while the others dragged their feet. Perhaps, they could not pay such a huge sum given only a month’s notice. Or perhaps they were just indifferent. Whatever the reasons were, those teachers responsible for the collection were under pressure to fulfill their uphill task. If anyone of the students could not pay on time, his teacher would be in trouble.
I know of one teacher who was kind enough to pay for a student. He was poor. He just could not pay. So, my colleague took out her own money to pay for him. At the same time, the student was asked to apply for financial aid. He did. He recevied it. But he kept it for himself. He spent it. He chose not to pay back the teacher who helped him. He ignored her.
What do you have to say about that student/ that teacher? Please comment.
See you 'at the next story'. Have a good day.
Your teacher, Mr. Woon.