“Cigu! Duster!”
I turned my head left, to where the door is and saw two Year Two kids, eyes were alternately placed on me and on the duster hung on the wall of the class.
“Kenapa tu duster?” I asked although knowing what they actually wanted.
“Pinjam.”
And with that answer, there goes again the same brief lecture I always give to pupils who do not knock on door when entering a class and worst, popped up with just, “Cigu! Duster!” in the middle of my class session.
Whenever a pupil interrupts my Teaching & Learning session without the proper way to excuse him/herself, I never failed to have these kids repeat the polite way to interrupt a class session even if it means, they have to do it over and over until they master the skill. Sometimes, some students even gave up trying and went back without even have their intended message sent. :grin:
They maybe too small to understand what rude means but they are not too young to learn how not to be rude. I believe that everything starts at young age.
There was some time last year, while I was teaching my year 6 kids.
One of our KTBM (non-teaching personnel) came into my class out of a sudden, bringing the Susu Sekolah to be distributed to the kids.
I was surprised and at the same time felt intimidated to be disturbed while I was enjoying my lesson.
And I was more pissed off cos he did not even apologized for barging in like that.
I did not get to talk to him about it.
Until the second time...
It was at the same class, he just came in (even went inside the class) and demanded a few boys in my class to follow him to carry the Susu Sekolah (He’s the one in-charge on that part if you ask).
He just glanced at me.
No ‘excuse me’.
No ‘sorry’.
No nothing.
As if what he did was super important that he should interrupt my lesson without even have to excuse himself.
I know this has to be put to full stop.
I am not going to let my kids assume that it is OK to just barge in to a class when the lesson is still going on and when even the teacher is still talking.
You know how kids tend to copy every thing the adults do.
He needs to be told.
And my kids need to understand one thing.
It is so not OK to do that.
And not especially when it is MY class.
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This is one impoliteness that gets on my nerve.
I am glad that most of the kids now know how to interrupt a class politely.
Sometimes, when they noticed some other kids do not knock the door and simply called out the person from my class...the kids would go, "Oiii, ketuk pintu dan cakap, minta maaf cikgu...buli saya jumpa si anu..."
And yes, that makes my heart smiling.
You better learn how to knock the door now especially if it is NOT your own room.
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