In recent days, social networks have spread a video recording the scene of a female teacher repeatedly using her hand to touch students' faces right on the podium.
Just a few dozen seconds of images but enough to make public opinion shocked, angry and heartbroken. Because the place where that behavior occurred was not on the street, but in the classroom, the place that should be safest, most humane and loving.
According to Ms. Nguyen Thi Huyen Trang - Vice Chairwoman of Van Han Commune People's Committee, the female teacher in the clip is a contract worker, and has been suspended from teaching for 15 days to serve the verification and handling work.
On the school's side, Ms. Vu Thi Phuong Thao - Principal of Van Han Secondary School - said that after the suspension period, based on the severity of the violation, the unit will consider the possibility of terminating the labor contract for this teacher.
From the incident at Van Han Secondary School, public opinion is concerned about the situation of school violence originating from the teacher himself.
Regardless of the reason, work pressure, momentary frustration, or lack of self-control, teachers have no right to beat students, especially right on the podium, in front of many other students.
That act is no longer a professional error, but a serious infringement of the body, dignity and honor of the learner.
Classrooms are not places to vent anger, the podium is not a place to show power by holding hands. The mission of teachers is to educate, guide, and reform students with knowledge, pedagogical skills, and love.
When violence appears in class, all lectures on morality, personality, and respect for people become meaningless.
Physical pain can pass after a few days, but mental damage is not easy to heal. A slap in front of the class can leave feelings of inferiority, fear, and even a long-term obsession for a child in the stage of personality formation.
More dangerously, it instills in the minds of other students a false message that violence can be accepted in the school environment.
Therefore, rectifying and strictly handling cases of teachers beating students is not only to set an example, but also to affirm an impenetrable boundary in the pedagogical environment.
In addition to handling violating individuals, schools need to review management work, and foster ethics and professional skills for teachers.
The pressure of teaching is real, but pressure is never an excuse to justify violence.
When a teacher no longer has enough patience and love to stand in class, continuing teaching only harms students and the Education sector itself.
