Teachers write comments to vent anger
The positive side of the comment book is that teachers are updated on the situation of the class and help the offending individual adjust his/her behavior and attitude towards studying on a daily basis. However, some teachers also use this book as a way to express anger towards the student.
Some criticisms that are often recorded are: the class does not do homework; students X and Y are disrespectful to the teacher; students C and D talk privately and tease their friends during class; students G and H do not bring textbooks... For these violations, teachers can remind students to correct them immediately, and should not just wait for students to commit a violation and then write it down in the notebook.
However, the homeroom teacher will use the comment book to evaluate and classify the student's behavior, and even notify the parents. Students have to accept "punishment" from the homeroom teacher and their families. Therefore, they are very afraid of negative comments. Instead, teachers should create conditions for students to recognize their shortcomings and try to correct them.
The positive side of the comment book is that teachers update the class situation and help the violating individual adjust his/her behavior and daily learning attitude.
ILLUSTRATION: DAO NGOC THACH
"Weapon" of suppression
Student review books have become a "weapon" for some teachers to suppress students instead of being a tool to help homeroom teachers build a positive and friendly collective.
In the past, as a teacher, I also made the mistake of criticizing a student. At that time, female student NA made a few comments during class, which made me unhappy. In anger, I opened the comment book and criticized the female student for disrespecting the teacher. Some other students who had private conversations and lacked concentration were also blacklisted by me.
The class that day was heavy because the students knew they would have to wait for punishment from the "strict" homeroom teacher, who would not accept violations that affected the class's competition rankings as well as personal reputation. When leaving the class, I told the students to wait for the homeroom teacher's handling of the situation. The class was sad.
NA later came to me to apologize and said that the homeroom teacher had punished her by making her stand up and sit down dozens of times. The female student said her legs were sore, but what was even sadder was that the homeroom teacher commented that NA "had not been properly educated by her family."
My eyes were stinging. NA was a student I had been in charge of the previous school year. She was a good student and a hard worker, but her family situation was not perfect. Her parents divorced when she was young. Because her father worked in a far away province, NA could only spend time with her grandmother.
Lacking her mother's care, NA sometimes speaks and acts badly. I feel sad and regretful because I should have spent time sharing and discussing to help her improve her behavior with teachers, but instead I "borrowed the hand" of the homeroom teacher to discipline her.
TT was a student who was punished with NA that day. I wrote in the comment book that T. did not take notes in his notebook, but only underlined paragraphs in the textbook. The homeroom teacher criticized T. for being negligent, lacking diligence, violating the rules... The homeroom teacher punished T. by making him face the wall during the weekend activity period.
Afterwards, T. explained to me that because he misunderstood the teacher's request to open the book to follow, he only underlined the important points and then wrote down the content in his notebook, not that he was being negligent. T. revealed to me that he often suffered from hypocalcemia, so the homeroom teacher's strict scolding and punishment almost made him faint in class.
Teacher comments in report cards can be stressful for students.
From then on, I was always more careful when writing comments, taking time to observe, listen to students' sharing and explanations about violations. For any mistakes that I had reminded them of, and noticed that students had tried to correct them immediately, I did not write them down in the book to avoid putting pressure on them and the whole class.
As for serious cases that require multi-faceted cooperation from the school, family and student, I will discuss with the homeroom teacher to find the most suitable educational solution. In some cases that have been recorded in the notebook and criticized in class, I still discuss with colleagues to avoid criticizing many times, not punishing severely, and creating conditions for students to overcome.
In short, the notes in the class's comment book are truly valuable when they contribute to pointing out learning methods and improving behavior, not as a "conviction" of the students. This book is not a place for teachers to vent their anger on students to satisfy their personal pride.
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