That said, this is what blogging about, it’s about opinions, just like assholes, everyone has one. Most of them stink, and no one wants to hear yours. How’s that for my POV on this matter?

Teachers, they cannot stand sometimes. All human make mistakes..

That’s why I keep coming. To learn new vocab and writing style.. at least you thought me something in your post~~~

I still like feedbacks though some appear harsh and can sometimes bother my sleep cycle.

it’s just that i noticed during my last years of school that young and new teachers nowadays tend to be more fierce and high with ego. unlike veteran or experience teachers who are mostly cool and open-minded.

and why is it that female educators are always being avoided and well-known for their strictness. (i’m not trying to be sexist here, i’m pointing out the reality)

Interesting to note that only a few days ago, my mum (an ex-teacher and ex-lecturer who still keep in touch with the education world) was discussing about young teachers nowadays with my uncle and aunt (both teachers for 20 odd years and still dedicated to teaching, unlike my mum).

They were discussing how the profession is not how it used to be as many new teachers are actually something-else-wannabes (e.g. engineer, IT consultant, marine biologist, astronaut, etc) who otherwise could not get employment (my other aunt is an example) instead of those who really wanted to be teachers (like my mum, aunt and uncle who were discussing this topic).

They noticed that these young new teachers are not as dedicated to the profession as their senior colleagues and always coming up with excuses whenever they were asked to do something extra. Not to mention, many can’t really teach and never bothered learning how to and their method of handling students left much to be desired.

However, this is just a generalised observation and not all new young teachers are bad. It’s just that many of them did not want to be teachers in the first place. Some learn to like the profession but some don’t and that makes a huge difference compared to the veterans, who mostly had wanted to become teachers since they themselves were in school.

Oh, that reminds me of a teacher I had back in my secondary school years. She taught us Malay language. She’s a good teacher in the sense that she teaches very well but she had an attitude problem.

I reached a stage when I couldn’t stand her anymore and sort of told her off (in a nice way, I assure you) and resigned from my post as the president of the PSS together with my secretary and treasurer (that was fun! It was like tunjuk perasaan of the year! ) and for another long year, which was my SPM year, I had to endure her threats for me not having her ‘berkat cikgu’ and therefore would fail my exams. I scored A1 and after that she was proudly telling everyone that I was her student and treated me so nicely I wanted to puke.

Oh, and my school was well known for gangsterism (they found knives, metal chains and metal bars during spot checks) so I know how bad students can be too. In fact these students went to the extent of burning the disciplinary room and made us famous nationwide. Not a very good experience when you have to represent the school for quite a number of things.

Sorry, NH for the extra long rambling (should’ve done it in my own blog) on something not really related to the post. I tend to digress a lot.