Curious as to Your response
The video speaks for itself with a educator that 'seems' to snapped.Put yourself in a position of authority for a moment and take into consideration that this is one of Cape Town's top school for girls..
What would you have done?
In my opinion this is not about race, but more of who is responsible to teach discipline - Parents or Educators?
JMO.
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Discipline must be built since we're a baby.
imho.
How could they expect teachers at school to discipline their child? A teacher that has to handle a class of what? 30...40 students?? Also, the teacher only spent like what? An hour or less with your child?
When my kids were young, I was aware of all these and took it upon myself to discipline them at home so that they’d not be a burden to the teachers and a menace to the society when they grow up.
Hi Luke
What if it was the student who strike first? Can the teacher hit her back then? In self-defence?
It would be very uncommon anyway. People still tend to have respect for teachers and authority in general here.
You could of course restrain somebody if they go to hit you. But hitting back would not be a good option.
Not easy to be a teacher/educator
But yes, it is definitely a difficult profession. Generally the state tends to side with the students rather than protecting the teachers.
Having said that, people are still flocking to it as a profession, so it hasn't put them off.
MiMi hasn’t got the brains or education to be a teacher anyhow
It is a responsibilty of a parent to descipline the child from a very early age..
But having said that i also believe that teachers, generally, are allowed to discipline students eg.in a Boarding school. I do not believe physical punishment should be allowed in schools, however, teachers do require to maintain the ability to discipline students in other ways.
As children age they endeavor to push for independence and freedoms that are not in line with learning and a pedagogia can not maintain a congruous learning environment without having some type of control over the classroom setting.
Agree with your humble opinion 100%
Hi Mimi,
Yes they are. I can however say that the Chinese culture and MINDSET is totally different to South Africans. I was married to a Chinese lady at one stage and also met MANY others. They tend to be cool calm and collected most times.
Molly,
The teacher gave the pupil instructions to call the Principal and then told her to leave the class. The pupil chose to backchat her then swear at her then to ram the desk into the educators torso. Yes agreed the teacher should not have retaliated but what would that have done to her authority in class after? Most of the 'difficult' or stronger pupils would have walked all over her after that. I think 'reaction' time is/was 2 seconds? Thats reacting without thinking. Not sure.
This is just my opinion which I'm sure is not in line with today's ways of doing things.
Ele,
Yes, apparently the senior girls took part in a protest after school reiterating that race has nothing to do with this but that the pupil in question is a trouble maker with no discipline.
As far as I understand is that both have been suspended and both have laid charges of assault? at the police station.
Thanks for the input.
As you can tell, I get wound up when it comes to the topic of cell phones,
Clearly this was a failure of the parents. A failure to say no to having children.
The teacher set the tone for the desk shoving.
The student shoved the desk back.
The student 'back-chatted', or swore (I'll have to take your word for that, I can't hear her much quieter voice) because she was under attack.