Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Barred from class for one year!

Folks, i found this article on the net (http://www.hmetro.com.my/Current_News/myMetro/Wednesday/Setempat/20090520071228/Article/index_html)

Setahun dilarang belajar
Oleh Ahmad Tajol Ansar
Ibrahimahmadtajol@hmetro.com.my

KUALA LUMPUR: Hanya kerana keluar kelas tanpa kebenaran guru bagi
mengikuti kelas kompang menyebabkan seorang murid tahun lima sebuah sekolah di Cheras di sini dilarang setahun daripada memasuki kelas yang diajarnya,
kelmarin.

Guru berkenaan yang mengajar subjek Pendidikan Sivik Kenegaraan (PSK)
dikatakan bengang dengan tindakan murid berkenaan, Mohammad Nur Izwam, 11, pergi ke latihan kompang tanpa kebenarannya sedangkan latihan itu penting bagi sambutan Hari Guru peringkat sekolah itu, Jumaat ini.

Tindakan guru wanita berusia lewat 30-an terbabit memarahi mangsa di
hadapan murid lain menyebabkan dia kini trauma dan tidak mahu ke sekolah.

Malah, menurut bapa mangsa, Azmi Md Yatim, 35, sebaik tiba di rumah,
anaknya mengadu dia tidak dibenarkan memasuki kelas PSK yang diajar guru
terbabit selama setahun.

“Sebaik menerima berita berkenaan, saya segera ke sekolah bagi mengetahui
punca sebenar kejadian.

“Namun kedatangan saya ke sekolah nyata tidak disenangi, malah disambut
dengan kata-kata kesat guru terbabit dan butir perbualan ada dalam simpanan
saya,” katanya yang juga Pengerusi Persatuan Ibu Bapa dan Guru (PIBG).

Harian Metro difahamkan guru terbabit bermati-matian menegaskan kesalahan
anaknya yang didakwa keluar ke kelas kompang tanpa pengetahuannya.

Kesal dengan tindakan guru terbabit, Azmi kemudian membuat laporan polis di
Balai Polis Pudu, Cheras sebelum membawa perkara berkenaan ke pengetahuan
Jabatan Pelajaran Wilayah Persekutuan (JPWP).


The above article talks about a student was (according to its reporter) barred from attending the class for one year. The main reason is simple: for attending kompang lesson without the teacher's permission.

The pertinent question to be discussed is whether the action of the teacher is justifiable by barring her students from attending her class for one whole year for such a trivial matter.

Now, first thing to note is, the teacher teaches the subject "Pendidikan Sivik dan Kenegaraan" which in English means "Civic and National Studies". Where is the civic and ethic of this teacher in the first place? The teacher has to udnerstand that not all students, however fierce she can be, follows the school's rules and regulations.

The wisest thing for the teacher to do in the first place, when dealing with this kind of students, is to call the students and asks where he or she has been, and also gently questions the students absence for that particular subject.

In my view, the teacher was wrong (and probably was too emotional) when handling with this student. She certainly went beserk and being unprofessional when she barred the students from her class for one year.

She has to udnerstand that this is a school students. Treating the school students like an adult is certainly not the best way when dealing with kids. The kids are at their adaloescent age and therefore ought to be treated with care and passion. Thus, gentle approach is a must when dealing with kids. Otherwise, if improper act and unnecessary words were executed and uttered respectively to these kids, it will certainly brings their morale down. Worst, it can even traumatise the kids hence causing the kids to "loose heart and touch" to the school.

Thus, i strongly believe that the teacher's action is unjustifiable.

However, i have to urge everyone to note on one thing. If the teacher DID commite such act, then she is deemed to be unprofession and goes beyond the teacher's ethics. If she DID not commit the act, then she has certainly being fooled, played-about and the story was purposely and deliberately twisted for the newspaper's personal gain.

Therefore, care must be taken when dealing with such stories.

However, my stand remains clear: that the teacher has no rights and privileges to dismiss and bar her students from attending her class for trivial and unacceptable reason.

Haiyya, Apo Kono Ni Eh Jang?

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