07 July 2024

Criminal in classroom

This evening, there was a news item in Polimer News TV Channel that in Assam, a 11th standard student stabbed his teacher to death because she told him that he was not studying well and he has to bring his parents to school to discuss with the teacher.

Similar incident happened in a very popular private school in Adayar, Chennai, a few years back. I don't remember the name of the school. Police inquiry revealed that the boy came from a rich parentage and that he used to get a daily pocket money of Rs 100 (which at that time was more than enough to have three full meals in a decent restaurant). This was clear evidence of how parents/grand-parents spoil children by being too lenient.

I think that as long as arrogant parents and grand parents display blind affection towards children and don't realise that teachers are to be trusted, it is bad for children. 

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I am a retired K-12 Education Management Professional. I have worked at different levels in K-12 school systems, textbook publishing, elearning and Education NGOs. I have held memberships in The Association for Science Education (UK), American Association of Physics Teachers and The Malaysian Institute of Physics. I hold a 1st class B Sc Degree in Physics followed by B Ed [English and Physical Science] and M A [Childcare and Education] degrees. My published works include 59 articles in teacher development magazines in India and the US and a book entitled `Creative Classrooms and Child Friendly Schools' (listed in Amazon). This book is almost an anecdotal account of my professional experience in six countries (including Cambodia where I worked as Technical Adviser to the Ministry of Education, Youth And Sports). I served as mentor in the Certificate of Teaching Mastery Program offered by Teachers Without Borders.