There are teachers whom I know of who write blogs to connect with their students, I really respect them and am impressed by their effort. However I am also disgusted by certain teachers who write blogs for the wrong reasons.
Good or bad? It really depends on their purposes for blogging.
A Pengajian Am teacher, Cikgu Razali Samad from Sekolah Tinggi Kluang is a blogger and he goes round advertising his blog to students indirectly. Ok, logically thinking, why have a blog that benefits students when the students are not aware of the blog, rite? But my question is this, is the blog more beneficial to students or the teacher?
IF the blog is meant for the good of students, the problem is this, not every student has internet access.
And hey, IF the blog is really good then students will naturally go to it, even those without internet access at home.
Something I cannot stand is this, Cikgu Razali posted exam tips on his blog during our first test. From what I have heard, he actually announced what topics were to be asked in the Pengajian Am test paper. Everyone knew the questions long before sitting for the test, even those who did not want to cheat by visitting the blog. Why do I use the word "cheat"? You see, when you answer a test paper knowing what questions are already in it, and you prepare for the questions, what is the point then, of the taking the test?
Malaysian students. Only know how to pass examinations, many behave like robots as in study study study and learn to pass exams. What happens to the knowledge they received from studying? Gone, gone because the knowledge was intended to stay in their heads only until after the exam ends. How sad.
Before I get out of point, how can a teacher reveal what is going to be asked in a test?
Let bygones be bygones? I cannot do that, if something is not right then someone has to speak up. If something is questionable then it has to be judged, either right or wrong.
Even if I wanted to forget about what happened in the test. I understand that this Cikgu Razali has given his students homework on his blog. This is the link which he gave the work.
Announcing homework on a blog, I do not know about you but to me it sounds like he is trying to force students into visitting his blog. He is like making it compulsory though he has never said so directly, for his students to go to his blogs, this is such a despicable act. Want to have blogs? By all means. But why force people to visit? Giving homework through his blog leaves students no choice but to visit the blog. Come on, this is a secondary school no matter how much people want to think of Sixth Form as Pre-university, we should be given homework to do from the classroom. We can get information online to aid us in certain assignments, but we do not need to find out what are our assignments from the internet.
Furthermore, Cikgu Razali collects assignments done by students to be put on his blog. He takes slides on Power Point and essays on Word from students after they have done their presentations each time.
How can a teacher, a human, how can he do such a thing?
How can a teacher have such low morality?
Want to have blogs, it is his freedom. Whether or not students want to visit his blogs is however their freedom.
Want to build blogs that students can benefit from, good effort. Students will naturally visit if the blogs are really good. However it is still their freedom whether or not to visit.
Indirectly forcing students to go to his blogs, I totally disrespect and disagree with such an act.
One word- RIDICULOUS!
Why is he doing so much to increase the frequency of people visiting his blog? Trying to attract students by putting up "information" and whatever "good stuff"? Even stooping down to publishing exam tips as in what exactly will be asked in the paper? Why does he want so much readership? Who does he want to impress? Why so hard up? Why so desperate for readership?
Something is not right, someone has to speak up. I am doing it now. If I am wrong, please say something, I am open to correction.
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good man do nothing.
Edmund Burke.
Today I decide to voice out!
What is his purpose of blogging?
11 comments:
my goodness...this teacher is ridiculous...I didn't know our school had such a teacher...!!!
uh.... joel,
abt that 'giving homework through blog'' thing? It's kinda like my school's learning portal. we have to get our homework through the internet.
sounds familiar?
The learning portal can only be accessed through the internet.
in the learning portal, we also have to pass up our written/typed out assignments through the learning portal. It's a place where we get information, homework and for some,... counseling.
It sounds like your teacher wants to do the same thing... (maybe his child is studying at LASALLE???)
This could be both convenient and troublesome.
Convenient in a way that people could get and do their homework in the comfort of their homes.
troublesome because it's like forcing people to get an internet. plus the idea is very new. too new in fact....
i guess your teacher is trying to do the best for his students la...(except the exam tips part...)
right, you take care man!!!
Eunice, this might not necessarily be all true. Maybe I misunderstood him or what. Maybe only la... =P
Everybody deserves a second chance, and at least a chance to explain.
Caleb, I believe most colleges and universities do that.
i agree...partially...
Tell me more about the things which you agree and disagree with.
Sbb tu lah, pljr2 Ting 6 dipanggil pljr PRA-U.. Bila msok U nti pun kan mcm tu.. Kenalah bersedia.. Biasakn diri..
Mcm ko org wt presentation.. sme jugak.. cikgu2 asyik kte dah pljr PRA-U tpi ckap kt dpan pun x geti.. Bentang btul2 pun x larat..
(on hindsight :P)
Well, i wouldnt say who is entirely right or wrong about this.
As a uni stud, i would say maybe what ur teac is doing is trying to make u all adapt to wat they call as e-learning becoz all assignments, announcements, projects, exam timetables in uni next time are to be published on uni's website and studs have to check them out on their own. So in a way its to help u all familiarise with tis kind of learning method before u all actually step into uni.But of coz in Kluang still there are studs who dont have access to Internet at home unlike in uni in which every stud can access to Internet anytime anywhere.So this is the loophole to it tat he didnt consider or aware of.
But the act of publishing tips before exam, im sorry but its really way unacceptable if he actually published the questions out beforehand. However, if its just which topic is covered in the test, then i think its okay, just an extra announcement online.
=)
Technically, even form 5 can be considered as pre-U also la.. why can't the school just admit that this is Sekolah Menengah?? Form 6 students are still secondary school students...
We don't need to check out school websites constantly.
Find out about course works, assignments and announcements through the internet? We will do it in college.
Now, no student should be left with no choice but to go to a teacher's personal blog, for who knows whose benefit.
Well, like Peiling, I also believe there's no right or wrong answer... By the end of the day, it's just between us and GOd... I think like what Caleb and Pei LIng and Tien says, this is indeed the ways they are doing it in all the Uni's today, downloading notes and assignments from the net... It's normal... SO I also believe that slowly they want to promote that in secondary schools too... A bit like E learning la...
someone gonna voice out! and you did. wait, maybe he's just not aware of all these things you've pointed out.
Wait I sms this post link to him so that he will know what he did is not right.
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