Wednesday, August 31, 2005 @10:29 PM
sometimes, certain teachers make us realize that singapore is REALLY (bold and font size 100) lacking of teachers aka no one wants to be a teacher
take for example this particular teacher in my school.
"what are some examples of pabic (public w/o the 'l' and it's like pubic) goods? ok, one example is street lams (lamps for goodness sake)"
"you are cor-right" (so do you want to say correct or right. alright nvm, you just lump them into a new word"
"there are both positive and negative ethel-nali-ties (externalities)"
"When one consume light, he needs not pay for it" (so how does a light taste?)
"please take out your optical shit" (optical sheet)
"for those who are not here for the test, your retest is on thursday" (so she's presuming those absent people are present but are just not taking the test?)
"the number of units can be meh-jer (measure) in this manner"
"where is the consumer ser-plus? and where's the producer ser-plus? and what's the pofit (profit!!!!)" (oh my!! bad english!! it's surplus)
throughout the whole lecture, my class was just bursting into fits of laughter whenever she pronounce words wrongly. and the fact that she screams into the mike makes her errors more obvious. i wonder how she even gets out of NIE. maybe qualifying as a chinese teacher? even some laoshis in my school can speak better english than her. According to my friend, when she gives model answers for essays, her grammar is so bad that it makes reading her essays a chore. we were also wondering what clubs does she go to? we came to the conclusion: nerd clubs.
maybe we may be a bit mean, but i'm not exaggerating regarding her pronounciation. she really can't make it. she's even more "ah-lian" than my most ah-lian history teachers who frequent zouk and probably sing k-pop.
MOE should really do something regarding our quality of teachers. Some teachers are so bad that instead of setting a good example, they become the laughingstock in school. At least brush up their english when they know they have to speak in front of 100 students who have gone through decent english lessons and will know that pub-lic is not pubic. Maybe MOE should start giving teachers better pay so that more people will be attracted to teaching. All my life, since childhood, never was my ambition to be a teacher. I don't want to deal with students like me. So, MOE should place more emphasis on recruiting good teachers. one example is my international history teacher. he's a comedian. his comedies are so much better than those on tvs. he talks about stupid politicians and their policies. his notes are hilarious as well as he will write interesting footnotes
when talking about the cultural revolution, he said "please note that such student demostrations are not a proper CCA. you will not get a blue slip for skipping school. Worse still, it's not an illness, so don't go asking for a pink slip"
the rj people have taken our history notes and used it for "all you need to know for A-levels" and ironically, at the bottom they write "for internal circulation only"
so these days, he will write footnotes that say "stop being lazy. try to get your own notes!" or something like that which is not so crude but dripping with sarcasm. I haven't read one of these notes yet though (it's from the mouths of my seniors)