What crimes can one do under the cloak of Internet anonymity?
phishing, credit card frauds, illegal downloading, industrial espionage, child pornography, kidnapping children via chat rooms, harassment, scams, cyberterrorism, creation and/or distribution of viruses, spam , the dirty list just grows longer and longer.
Although I embrace the power of Internet, I bear the brunt of it too.
Last year, one of my posts got me into trouble and I was advised to close this blog.
However, the objective of this blog is to inform students about activities and track my progress as a teacher so I decided to keep it going. However, the posts are generally restricted to administrative matters.
This term, I started teaching Mr Wong's classes.
The co-teaching arrangement evolved from my desire for my students to write better essays and Mr Wong's wish that I can impart Paper 2 skills to his students.
For the past two weeks, my students benefited tremendously from his lessons; learning about the major environmental issues and the components of logical arguments. They raved about Mr Wong's vast knowledge and sharp insight. I also learnt how to frame issues using analogies as well as the theoretical explanation of logical arguments. [My husband uses Hegelian arguments.] Thanks, Sam! :)
Although only 2 periods are exchanged, I missed my classes.
I missed 07A2's witty retorts.
I missed 07B4's attentiveness.
I missed 07S1's studious attitude.
I guessed the rapport I have with you is stronger than I thought.
Even irritating buggers like JT, BS, PL have better manners than some of his students.
Since last Wednesday's lesson, some student(s) have been posting hate tags.
How can I be so sure it is NOT my students who are the culprits?
If it is my students, they will post such tags last year -which one of them did and I happened to know who.
I may appear to be brainless; using simplistic teaching techniques and discussing frivolous topics.
Please keep in mind that appearances are deceiving.
You can continue to bombard me with your hate tags but this is the last time I am responding.
"An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind." - Mahatma Ghandi
Thank you for taking time to visit and tag my blog.
Since you commented that my teaching is like the blind leading the blind, I would like to end this post with a quote from a real blind woman who is the first deaf and blind person who earned a college degree and became a great educator.
"What a blind person needs is not a teacher but another self. " - Helen Keller
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In defense of Ms Ong:
For those juvenile students who posted hate tags - you don't know a good thing when you see it.
As a student, I used to compare teachers too. Often I wished I had so-and-so teaching me instead of my current teacher... Sometimes, it was true; the teacher was really bad. But, more often than not (and with a health dose of hindsight that comes with age), I found myself appreciating those teachers that I used to hate years down the road.
Why? Because in class, these teachers often care more than those well-liked.
Teachers are humans. Get it in your heads. We all have our good days and bad days. Likewise, we respond accordingly to our classes - you want to be loved, then give love. We all have our areas of specialties in teaching - Ms Ong is better at skills teaching than me. Proof? All the top students for MI GP CT came from her class. If I was good, as some of you claim I am, how come none of my kids are on the list?
The reason why we decided to co-teach our classes is so that both our classes get the (hopefully) best of both worlds. I might be better at content teaching and argumentation simply because of my previous job. But, I am a hopelessly unorganised person, which makes me singly unsuitable (tho I try) to teach skills. This is where Ms Ong is better. True this co-teaching, we are hoping to can help you, our students, to do better, and to help ourselves improve.
What do we get? Hate Tags. Hence, my point of you being juvenile.
You fellas in MI are already at a disadvantage compared to the JC-going kids in terms of content knowledge, language skills and motivation. We teachers try our best. But our best will only go as far as your willingness to get out of your psychological rut (that you are gone-case, no way to do better, and resigned yourselves to an ignoramus fate of being a mediocre student). You people are in no way getting a lesser deal in terms of teaching compared to the JC kids. The only difference between you and the JC kids is that you are, simply, an unmotivated lot. Hence, my point that you don't appreciate a good thing when you see it.
My own students will probably tell everyone within a 1meter radius that I am a sucky teacher - just like YOU are doing now to Ms Ong. If we suck, tell us in the face in class, and how we can improve... if YOU are man (generically speaking) enough. Why stoop to such low estate of posting Hate Tags anonymously?
Think about it the next time you get the urge to slam a teacher. Are YOU the singular problem of your teacher's teaching being sucky?
Before I comment seriously, I must show others how seriously behind I am with blogging terms. When I told my students that I happened to read their blogs, and one of them told me to 'tag' their blogs when I do, I went 'Tag? What's that?' Call me stupid but this is why unlike Mr Wong and Ms Ong, I SIMPLY don't blog.
Anyway, I find it sad for people to start posting hate tags. What's the point?
As Mr Wong has pointed out, instead of slamming, constructively criticise. No one's perfect. Not Ms Ong, not Mr Wong, definitely not me.
Anyway, to my two colleagues, I admire your efforts at having your students enjoy the best of both worlds, though I don't say much about it in the staff room, lost in whatever mindless task I have going on. Keep it up! Sharie would say, 'Gambatte!' I say, 'Aja aja fighting!'
hey peeps,
thanks for speaking up for me. i can't be bothered with these people. too much s*** to clear now. =P
planning next week's lesson. 6 more weeks to go!
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