The favourite line of a lot of self-imposed important people :
Did you NOT read the notification?
As parents of young school going children, reading a notification from school IS tiresome.
Not one week goes by without some sort of notification - which could come by way of the School Diary OR a printed A4 sheet.
School Diaries are easier to read since the message is usually TO THE POINT.
example : Dear Mr/Mrs X, Kindly sign the Spelling Book for your ward/child for handing up tomorrow.
NOTIFICATIONS - are lengthly and so far, I have YET to read one that gets straight to the point.
The writer goes on and on - as if to validate the message.
By the time the reader gets to the end of Page One, the attention span would have lost its gusto and parents who are like me, will just skim through the rest of the pages.
The last notification I read was FOUR pages long - about a school camp.
Teachers teach the importance of keeping to the point when writing a piece, yet they fail terribly when tasked to deliver the information.
There is no need to get into the WHYs IF there is already a school portal that provides the WHYs - what is critical is the programme venue, day and attire IF the activity is within the school grounds.
As such activities are repeated yearly, it would be more effective to actually have a kit that is given out in the form of a leaflet - which could be 3-fold and most definitely an easier read.
This is the state our educational facilitators are at - incapable of proper social contact with adults who are not their colleagues.
They become so accustomed to being the Gospel truth in their profession that they lack the ability to interact with the rest of the world who do not need to SHOUT and THREATEN to get their job done.
Yes, too much of shouting in classrooms and in school halls.
Too much of threats used in school halls like Keep quiet or you will have to stay with me in the hall.
Many times I felt like I was watching some bad movie.
Some psycho who is lonely kidnaps someone because his reality is warped.
I enjoy teaching - the imparting of knowledge.
I do not enjoy watching children having to listen to bad spoken English.
I do not enjoy watching children being threatened just so they obey.
As much as teachers expect parents to read notifications, they themselves should read the gospel on the qualities of a good teacher.
Give anyone, adult or child, a good read and THEY WILL READ IT.
Garbage in Garbage OUT.
You write garbage people like me will discard it like some flyer I do not need.
Did you NOT read the notification?
As parents of young school going children, reading a notification from school IS tiresome.
Not one week goes by without some sort of notification - which could come by way of the School Diary OR a printed A4 sheet.
School Diaries are easier to read since the message is usually TO THE POINT.
example : Dear Mr/Mrs X, Kindly sign the Spelling Book for your ward/child for handing up tomorrow.
NOTIFICATIONS - are lengthly and so far, I have YET to read one that gets straight to the point.
The writer goes on and on - as if to validate the message.
By the time the reader gets to the end of Page One, the attention span would have lost its gusto and parents who are like me, will just skim through the rest of the pages.
The last notification I read was FOUR pages long - about a school camp.
Teachers teach the importance of keeping to the point when writing a piece, yet they fail terribly when tasked to deliver the information.
There is no need to get into the WHYs IF there is already a school portal that provides the WHYs - what is critical is the programme venue, day and attire IF the activity is within the school grounds.
As such activities are repeated yearly, it would be more effective to actually have a kit that is given out in the form of a leaflet - which could be 3-fold and most definitely an easier read.
This is the state our educational facilitators are at - incapable of proper social contact with adults who are not their colleagues.
They become so accustomed to being the Gospel truth in their profession that they lack the ability to interact with the rest of the world who do not need to SHOUT and THREATEN to get their job done.
Yes, too much of shouting in classrooms and in school halls.
Too much of threats used in school halls like Keep quiet or you will have to stay with me in the hall.
Many times I felt like I was watching some bad movie.
Some psycho who is lonely kidnaps someone because his reality is warped.
I enjoy teaching - the imparting of knowledge.
I do not enjoy watching children having to listen to bad spoken English.
I do not enjoy watching children being threatened just so they obey.
As much as teachers expect parents to read notifications, they themselves should read the gospel on the qualities of a good teacher.
Give anyone, adult or child, a good read and THEY WILL READ IT.
Garbage in Garbage OUT.
You write garbage people like me will discard it like some flyer I do not need.
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