my heart sank and flew
the strange thing about teaching: it can break your heart, and it can lift it up to the heavens, within a day.
Student X stomped out of the Principle's office today, shouting "you don't need to expel me. I will kick myself out of the school!" And he walked out of the general office. As my table is just next to the general office, that very scene made my heart sank. P have talked about the possiblity of expelling this student of mine, whom i've never met last week. A few teachers and I were looking for avenues which we could reach out to him. It turned out to be too late.
Yet, half an hour later, he came back to school, with his dyed hair gone. VP spoke to him, and I caught up with him just as he was about to leave the general office. I introduced myself, and told him I'll want him to set target for his common test, just like his classmates. He considered, asked me questions, and decided to aim for a C5 first.
i thought there was hope. His form teacher was skeptical. "He may be at your lesson later, but whether he pay attention or not, it's another story."
As I step into the class, the glimmer of hope I have was lost. He's not in class. Yet,15 minutes, he rushed in apologising. He gave his fullest attention, and handed up a work which is of pretty good quality.
This was when my heart flew to the heavens.
I hope he continues to be like this. I guess he has wasted enough years. Hope he's finally woken up.
And I'm hoping that his form teacher speak to him properly before issuing the punishments for him skipping lessons during the past week. True, he has to be responsible for the mistakes he has created.
But the purpose of punishment, is to correct the child's behaviour, right? If the child is correcting his behaviour now by attending school, what's the purpose of issuing the punishment now when the lesson has been learnt then? If you want the child to learn about the consequences, please talk to him properly before he feels that he's punished for putting in effort.
I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
Student X stomped out of the Principle's office today, shouting "you don't need to expel me. I will kick myself out of the school!" And he walked out of the general office. As my table is just next to the general office, that very scene made my heart sank. P have talked about the possiblity of expelling this student of mine, whom i've never met last week. A few teachers and I were looking for avenues which we could reach out to him. It turned out to be too late.
Yet, half an hour later, he came back to school, with his dyed hair gone. VP spoke to him, and I caught up with him just as he was about to leave the general office. I introduced myself, and told him I'll want him to set target for his common test, just like his classmates. He considered, asked me questions, and decided to aim for a C5 first.
i thought there was hope. His form teacher was skeptical. "He may be at your lesson later, but whether he pay attention or not, it's another story."
As I step into the class, the glimmer of hope I have was lost. He's not in class. Yet,15 minutes, he rushed in apologising. He gave his fullest attention, and handed up a work which is of pretty good quality.
This was when my heart flew to the heavens.
I hope he continues to be like this. I guess he has wasted enough years. Hope he's finally woken up.
And I'm hoping that his form teacher speak to him properly before issuing the punishments for him skipping lessons during the past week. True, he has to be responsible for the mistakes he has created.
But the purpose of punishment, is to correct the child's behaviour, right? If the child is correcting his behaviour now by attending school, what's the purpose of issuing the punishment now when the lesson has been learnt then? If you want the child to learn about the consequences, please talk to him properly before he feels that he's punished for putting in effort.
I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
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