lifesong
Everyone needs compassion
Love that's never failing
Let mercy fall on me
Everyone needs forgiveness
The kindness of a Saviour
The hope of nations
Saviour, He can move the mountains
My God is mighty to save
He is mighty to save
Forever author of salvation
He rose and conquered the grave
Jesus conquered the grave
So take me as you find me
All my fears and failures
Fill my life again
I give my life to follow
Everything I believe in
Now I surrender
Shine your light in
Let the whole world see
We're singing, for the glory
Of the risen King
Jesus, Shine your light in
Let the whole world see
We're singing for the glory
Of the risen king
Tuesday, September 20, 2005
-11:46 am
There was a big hoohah during PE today because my PE teacher caught someone wearing FBTs instead of proper school PE shorts and her t-shirt untucked. He was trying to teach her how to "close" the racket so that the ball wouldn't fly sky high (we're doing tennis) and noticed that she looked very sloppy.
So he brought her to a corner and reprimanded her about obeying school rules, basic respect for the school uniform and the way she looks etc. I think the lecture lasted about 15 minutes, including time given for her to reflect. While he wasn't looking, she even rolled her eyes at him, standing in a "I-don't-care" posture with her arms folded. Though she looked tough, after that was over, she cried and we all went over to comfort her.
Apparently, she thinks that the teacher is always picking on her and that he's racist or something. But then, I don't think that justified the nasty thing she said while he was giving us a few pointers at the end of the lesson. He reminded us that we were to obey the school rules and not make life difficult for him because he had to answer to the HOD for our lousy behaviour.
When he said something along the lines of, "Although I'm already a senior citizen- I'm 66 years old- I still follow rules," she muttered under her breath, "Yea and he should be dead." I was shocked to hear it from her. It was obvious that she was fuming mad with him and all that bitterness had gotten to her head. I thought that was an extremely disrespectful and mean thing to say.
Although he sometimes can be a little over-bearing or longwinded when he scolds us, he is still our teacher, a figure of authority and we should accord him the basic respect as an educator in our school, what more that he is a senior citizen. To me, it reflected very badly on her and my good impression of her took a 180 degrees change. Even if he did wrong her, she shouldn't have said something like that, regardless of it being audible only for those sitting near her and out of his earshot. I just wonder what kind of values she has.
After all, she cannot totally blame the teacher; he had a reason for reprimanding her. Since she didn't have respect for the school uniform by allowing her t-shirt to hang loosely untucked in an unsightly manner, she did deserve to be scolded and our teacher had the right to educate her. Isn't that his job? I just wished that I could have noticed it earlier and told her to tuck in her shirt.
The Bible says in Proverbs that those who hate correction are fools. Indeed, one goes to school to learn. If one is so stubborn that rejects all discipline and reprimanding, he or she is on the losing side. Society isn't as forgiving as the school is when one makes mistakes. For those who refuse to change, I guess they'll have to learn the hard way.
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