This teacher requires the whole class to go to bed at 9pm and wake up at 5am every day.
To control, the teacher assigned the class monitor to score students early in the morning through the class's message group.
We can look at the incident from a positive perspective, teachers want their students to have a healthy lifestyle. Don't stay up late, go to bed early, wake up early to exercise and study better.
This concern comes from the fact that many students are addicted to electronic devices, staying up late, and neglecting their studies.
However, interfering in the personal activities of students at home, requiring compliance with the regulations issued by teachers is beyond the responsibility of teachers.
Teachers hope that their health, early sleep, and early recovery are good, but they should only give advice, not force it.
Teachers have the right to educate, orient, and remind, but they do not have the right to replace parents in managing the private lives of their children.
The conditions and circumstances of each family are different. Some have to help their families, some have to study extra in the evening. Therefore, teachers apply a rigid time frame for everyone not only lacking in reality but also lacking in sharing with students.
Moreover, students are not a machine to turn on the " switch" according to the teacher's installation.
Another inappropriate regulation set by this teacher is to fine students for late submission, with a fine of 10,000 to 100,000 VND per time.
Teachers want students to learn the habit on time, but paying money is not the right one. Fines are not an educational measure permitted by law or the education sector.
The school has general rules to handle student violations, and discipline must also rely on the regulations of the education sector.
School regulations and forms of student discipline must ensure educational and humane nature and not create financial burdens or psychological pressure for students and their families.
Therefore, a teacher, even with the purpose of disciplining, cannot set regulations that go against the purpose of education.
If each teacher is self-proclaimed as " disciplined" to issue regulations for arbitrary punishment, the educational environment will fall into a situation where everyone is forced to do it, students become subjects of control rather than being educated.
Teachers want their students to improve, but only play the role of leading, inspiring and accompanying, and cannot dominate or encroach on their private lives.
The incident at Tran Van Dang Secondary School is a lesson that needs to be taken seriously, maintaining school discipline is necessary, but exceeding the limits will be counterproductive.
