Dismissal duty is one of the worse of the many duties that teachers have to conduct in my school. It has good objectives, to ensure the smooth of dismissal and at the same time, safety of the students are not compromise as much as the school can.
Yet, I think over the years, as the different years grow different ways of parenting which in turn leads to current batch of children, this system, while it can be maintain, has to evolved, just as how the children themselves continue to grow.
Emphasis should be on safety, while assisting the children with their bags and tumblers and what ever else, should be place second. I feel this strongly simply because students need to learn to take responsibility of their own things. Responsibility will contribute to the growth of a mature, independent and humble mind.
Teachers can help facilitate the traffic, both parents and children, but their duty should stop there. Reason being the child should be mindful enough to pack their bags light enough that they still can shoulder the weight of the bags. It is bewildering if they pack such heavy bags until they themselves cannot carry them. Leaving it to the parents to help them is bad enough, but worse are some children which I had the opportunity to observe, conveniently leave the bags by the road or their car, and head straight to enter the car, leaving poor teacher to carry their bags for them into their transport.
For me, it's really an irresponsible act, firstly by the child and secondly, by the parents, and thirdly, by the school. To reason it that the child knows not better is simply unacceptable. As for the parents, have not stop for a moment to think what is going to happen to your child if they are already behaving in such irresponsible way from such a young age. As for the school, the brainchild of something maybe successful then, but constant reevaluation is needed to ensure the noble objective is not lost as the years progresses.
Shouldn't all things continue to grow, for the better? Only my half cents worth..
Yet, I think over the years, as the different years grow different ways of parenting which in turn leads to current batch of children, this system, while it can be maintain, has to evolved, just as how the children themselves continue to grow.
Emphasis should be on safety, while assisting the children with their bags and tumblers and what ever else, should be place second. I feel this strongly simply because students need to learn to take responsibility of their own things. Responsibility will contribute to the growth of a mature, independent and humble mind.
Teachers can help facilitate the traffic, both parents and children, but their duty should stop there. Reason being the child should be mindful enough to pack their bags light enough that they still can shoulder the weight of the bags. It is bewildering if they pack such heavy bags until they themselves cannot carry them. Leaving it to the parents to help them is bad enough, but worse are some children which I had the opportunity to observe, conveniently leave the bags by the road or their car, and head straight to enter the car, leaving poor teacher to carry their bags for them into their transport.
For me, it's really an irresponsible act, firstly by the child and secondly, by the parents, and thirdly, by the school. To reason it that the child knows not better is simply unacceptable. As for the parents, have not stop for a moment to think what is going to happen to your child if they are already behaving in such irresponsible way from such a young age. As for the school, the brainchild of something maybe successful then, but constant reevaluation is needed to ensure the noble objective is not lost as the years progresses.
Shouldn't all things continue to grow, for the better? Only my half cents worth..
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