Sunday, May 4, 2008

Ever thought of dealing with violent and tough students? Being an adult, saying who knows it all? It’s up to you whether you would want to listen to a 15 year old teenager who knows what teenagers do.

Suspension? Detention? Caning? I think this would make students even more rebellious. Yes, you might say that what could I do? I sure know how to deal with students nowadays.

What you’re doing now is not really helping them. You’re giving them a chance to social with the people outside and what you have done for them is nothing. Yes, you gave them detention but do they really care or even concerned about it? Do they really care about their future? I guess not.

Teachers and Discipline masters, being an adult do take lots of responsibilities, isn’t it? Adults always say that we must respect our elderly and teachers and you know why? Yes, you may know why and the answer is that because adults have more experience than what teenagers have and also adults learn how the pragmatic world is like. Yes, I do agree but then do you somehow realize some students are wiser than adults as in knowledge. I’m not saying about studies but being sensible enough?

Do you know how bad students came about? The answer is Teachers lose faith in students and kept scolding them instead of consoling them. You might say “What? I don’t get it.” Take an example, when you have a student who did not do well for his test yet instead of consoling them, you asked the student why didn’t you study hard for the test? Do you know how much agony you pierce through into the student’s heart?

Teachers always say that if students have problems, we could look for them. I don’t see it coming at all. This is just another one of the lies adults like to say and students from young took the habit to learn from it. I had trouble once and I was depressed. I talked to a teacher and I could read her mind and she wasn’t concerned about it.

I could read people’s mind whether you believe it a not. I know whether you’re interested in what I’m saying or speaking. I also do have problems in my studies and whenever I asked teachers for help, they asked to read from my textbook. I’m so frustrated and I’m just speechless.

Teachers do have another bad habit is they like to assume and judge. What do I mean? Take for an example a teenager, named John, he sits down; his friend dropped his eraser and asked John to help him pick it up. John grasped the eraser and just at that instance when John turn his back head and shoulders to return his friend eraser, the teacher scolded him for not paying attention. Thus, John felt upset and hurt and John tried to explain but the teacher told him to keep quiet.

Is the situation familiar? Yes, indeed. Many of these situations I’ve seen before and I know what the outcome would be like. I’m not saying teachers are at fault. Students somehow also are responsible for such atrocities behavior in class like shouting, screaming or not paying attention. They behaved like they were a bunch of monkeys. I felt the class wasn’t conducive anymore. It was more like a zoo for me. I was terribly upset when I heard bad comments and opinions from the people outside saying this school were meant for gangsters, hooligans, etc. I couldn’t believe what I was hearing but in fact, I have to agree with them.

This was indeed a bad school and even those excellent students were being criticized as if they were also dreadful students. Somehow I really wanted the chance to give some senses into those students and tell them how studies are important for us but I wasn’t given the chance to talk.

Yes, you see on television, adults talking about their views but what about students? Yes, I know, they are shy, scared, lazy to talk about it, etc. I know, but what about the views of teenagers? And do you know how bad students also do come about? In this world, all students are good and no one was bad at all. It was the fault of teachers who did not care for the students and they don’t believe teenager’s words. They think that teenagers are slacking, and in the alternate way, they tend to fight for their own rights. This is what it is happening in the system.

I hate to say this but somehow, you got to listen to a teenager once and it could change your life.

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