Bad.
I am in a good mood today so I am gonna share a short article I read yesterday. It was in chinese so heres a rough translation
Reason being I just no longer trust that they will be interested in my childs' well-being (I had too many bad experiences with teachers)
A kid was hit in class, so he hit the other kid back. When the teacher saw that they did, he told the child, "If someone hits you, and you cannot hit them back. So now, you are in the wrong too"
So both parents were called in separately for a meeting with the teacher.
Upon learning what had transpired, the father gave the teacher a right hook and the teacher retaliated. Until other staffs pulled them apart.
The father hollers "So why did you hit me back?!"
I think in Asia, since young we were told that, if someone hits you, and you hit them back you are in the wrong. Right?
I can't help but think that this is part of the reason why I learn not to stand up for myself.
Parents. If this sort of thing happens between your children, you should tell them to inform an authority or the teacher in charge. If there is no such person around, to remove themselves from the bully/abuse. If worse come to worse and both methods do not work. Then yes! They can retaliate!
Never tell your child what they cannot do. Tell them what they can do.
My dad once taught me how to punch someone in the nose. That was when I was already a teenager and being bullied in class. I never did punch the bitch but she posted a photo of me on her blog and made fun of my mother.
Never tell your child what they cannot do. Tell them what they can do.
My dad once taught me how to punch someone in the nose. That was when I was already a teenager and being bullied in class. I never did punch the bitch but she posted a photo of me on her blog and made fun of my mother.
Made a police report and informed the school.
Police told me there was not really anything they can do, but told me to stand up for myself.
Teachers couldn't stop it either. In the end, I threatened to go to the media and I will name the school so the Discipline Master stepped in and gave that dumb bitch suspension from school.
But when he meted out the "sentence", it seems he was unhappy with me. Like I was the one who was threatening them to do something when I was the one being bullied? What the hell?
I know it's different in Singapore now, most teacher's hands are tied because the kids now are pampered by their parents. I don't think I will be one of that kind of parents who will pamper their kids.
Police told me there was not really anything they can do, but told me to stand up for myself.
Teachers couldn't stop it either. In the end, I threatened to go to the media and I will name the school so the Discipline Master stepped in and gave that dumb bitch suspension from school.
But when he meted out the "sentence", it seems he was unhappy with me. Like I was the one who was threatening them to do something when I was the one being bullied? What the hell?
I know it's different in Singapore now, most teacher's hands are tied because the kids now are pampered by their parents. I don't think I will be one of that kind of parents who will pamper their kids.
But unlike my generation, where our parents think the teachers' are always right, I will pay more attention to what my child say and decide whether what he/'she do was right or wrong.
I don't think I will be like my parents who give free rein to my teachers to discipline me.
I will discipline my child but I will probably not allow the teachers' to do it.
Reason being I just no longer trust that they will be interested in my childs' well-being (I had too many bad experiences with teachers)