Good day, people of Hive! Welcome to my blog. Today’s topic is from Hive-Learners, which says:The Teacher’s Role. So let’s dive in.
Honestly, this is a hard topic for me to answer. However, I will try my best to explain it the way I understand it.
Most of us think that a teacher’s role ends in the classroom or school. We think their only job is to come to class, teach, correct students, discipline them, and give them assignments to do. But the truth is that a teacher’s role is more than that. Their job is not only to teach; they are also people who help shape how students behave and think. That is why we still see some students respecting their teachers even when they meet them outside school.
Now the question is: should a teacher’s role end inside the classroom?
If a teacher sees their student misbehaving outside the school, as a responsible teacher and an adult, the teacher may feel it is wrong to ignore such bad behaviour, especially if it is something serious like fighting, smoking, bullying, etc. To the teacher, correcting the student may seem like the best option because they do not want the student to become stubborn or live a miserable life.
However, the issue is that outside the school, the teacher no longer has full authority over the students. If it were inside the school, it would have been better because the teacher is under the protection of the school. But outside school, that protection is not clearly there because the students are now under their parents’ care at that time, not the school.
Let’s say, for example, a teacher slaps or beats a student outside school. Some parents may see it as overstepping boundaries because it did not happen on the school premises. We even have some parents who will confront the teacher and ask why the teacher is correcting or beating their child outside school. Some parents believe that when their children are in school, they are under school authority, and the school has the right to discipline them. But once they are outside school, teachers have no right to punish their children.
In fact, there are some parents who, if a teacher disciplines their child in school and the child reports it at home, the next day the parent may follow the child to school to confront or fight the teacher.
I will even say that if a teacher is not careful and mistakenly beats a student outside school, and the student reports it to their parents, the teacher could be blamed for overstepping boundaries or harassment. The school may also refuse to take responsibility for the teacher’s actions because it happened outside the school premises, where they have no authority.
But this does not mean teachers should completely ignore bad behaviour outside school. In my opinion, there are better ways to handle such situations. For example, a teacher can give advice to the student, speak calmly so the student does not feel uncomfortable, or report the issue to the school authorities. The school authorities can then inform the student’s parents instead of the teacher trying to discipline the student outside school.
In conclusion, teachers should care for their students wherever they are, but they must also know their limits. They must act with caution and use wisdom. A teacher can correct students without causing trouble for themselves.
This is my entry for the Hive Learners Weekly Featured Content Week 201 Episode 01.
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