is she listening
as the teacher booms commands?
her resistance to learning
turns to crackle and hiss.
the problem is not with her ears.
Shared with Reena’s Xploration Challenge #413 and based on an interesting incident this week. The inappropriate title comes from a translation of the subject’s name.
The form is the Wayra: This short syllabic verse has 5 lines with a syllable count of 5/7/7/6/8. It is unrhymed and incorporates onomatopoeia within the verse.
Today’s Daily Stoic poem:
1994ever 
I envy the next generation for all the career counseling assistance they have, something that was lacking in our childhood.
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I’m not sure there’s any career counselling going on in Thailand.
When I was 13, at school, I was asked what I wanted to do. How the hell was I supposed to know? I was 13! No one ever gave me any ideas of what my skills were or pointed me in the right direction.
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In my time, Indians expected good students to be in the science stream, so I was sent there. Given a choice, I would have chosen Philosophy and Psychology or Fine Arts.
Today’s scenario is different. I sent a career counselling site’s link with a free coupon code to a friend’s daughter in Thailand. She refused to spend 45 minutes on the assessment saying she already knows what to do.
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Not sure how old your friend or her daughter are but as a teen I probably would have said something similar too. Kids need coaxing, and increasingly, adults too!
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😀😀
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Delightful Wayra! As both my parents were educators (along with both sisters) I learned early about different learning styles…. When words don’t work I immediately think they might be a kinetic learner!
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That’s true though it’s a tough job for a teacher to cater for all the learning styles.
It was interesting when I talked to another teacher about this student. We both see it as a discipline and maturity issue (the student is 13 years old) but the other teacher said that he thought it wasn’t his place to teach the children about their behaviour.
I don’t particularly agree with that. I want to encourage the students to enjoy learning, enjoy the work and the effort. And the results, I’m not that bothered about (when it comes to English – which is what we’re supposed to be teaching).
Thanks Val 🙏
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That’s a tough situation. There is a big push to have the students connect actions with consequences. There are rules and choosing to break a rule comes with a consequence. Most kids want structure. It is when there is no structure at home that there is a collision of worlds…
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Structure is something that is kinda lacking in Thailand in general! It’s taken me many years to get used to it myself.
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I know someone who taught in Saudi Arabia and the students were all rich sons of rich parents. They had never had to follow any rules and basically didn’t want to learn. He had a very hard time maintaining a semblance of order in the classroom. The few students who wanted to learn were hard pressed to be able to hear above their classmates.
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Indeed, I can see lots of disappointment on the faces of those interested to learn. Here, they are also stuck with the same class of students for every class for three years too. This is good in some ways but difficult when it comes to the range of abilities for each subject.
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