Punishing errant students is part and parcel of a teacher’s job. Academically-inclined students always follow their teachers’ instructions but it doesn’t mean that they are like angels all the time. There are times where they also fail to submit their homework and make a disappearing act for the reasons known only to themselves.

Actually, I hate to punish my teenage students as they might retaliate against me. A friend of mine got his brand new car scratched after he had caned a boy who skipped his Mathematics class last year. I did also cane my undisciplined students in order to teach them a lesson. Thank God, so far none of them has sabotaged my property.

Last month, a bunch of students in the first class in Form 5 did not hand in their essays despite being given ample time. I was tired of meting out the same punishment to them. So I thought of asking them to wrap my books in the study room. I managed to find 18 books and then took them to school to be given to those students. In the end, all of those books were carefully wrapped by them. But this sort of punishment is carried out to the girls only as the boys preferred a few strokes of rattan instead!

In a nutshell, be careful with the types of punishment that you wish to mete out to your students.

16 Comments

  1. jauh beza pelajar sekarang dgn pelajar dulu kan abam kie..

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  2. budok budok loni abe kie. kalu tebeng maroh, nyo wt munoh bare kito pulok.

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  3. Kekadang mereka sudah tiada nilai moral di dalam diri mereka. Lebih tepat , ADAB. Kalau tidak ada ADAB, ilmu tak berkat. rugi sangat .

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  4. will consider consequences before excute punishment

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  5. Cikgu zaman sekarang kena fikir banyak kali sebelum bagi hukuman kan? Dulu zaman Sarie sekolah, lepas kena rotan siap tolong cikgu yang merotan tuh angkat buku lagi. Takde kes rosakkan barang cikgu pun. Budak-budak dulu hormat sungguh cikgu.

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  6. mencabar sikit jadi cikgu zaman sekarang ek..kalau terlebih hukum, cikgu pulak yang mendapat..huhuhu

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  7. kesilapan mereka diperlu disedarkan dengan hukuman..

    tiada hukuman tidak akan wujud kesedaran ...

    inilah bahayanya

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  8. Really tough tugas seorang pengajar sekarang ni. Kdg2 dihukum salah tak hukum pun salah.

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  9. susahnya lah nak mendidik bebudak zaman sekarang ni kan. Be strong abam kie!

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  10. all the best abe kie...bukan senang nak mendidik

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  11. learned a new word today; mete. given that I don't have to mete anyone in my day-to-day activity >.< thank you, sir!

    Myra | The Grey Lines Between

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  12. Masa zaman sekolah dulu, kalau tak siap kerja sekolah ke apa memang rela kena rotan sebab cepat sikit? Haha walaupun sakit.

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  13. susah nak mengajar skrg .. sedihnya apabila budak2 dah tak sama dgn kita dulu2.. Kalau tak siap homework mesti takut kena denda atau malu nak didenda.. aduhai apalah nak jadi dgn generasi baru skrg.. Semoga diberikan kesabaran & hati yg cekal dlm mendidik..

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  14. Very creative Abe Kie! Teachers nowadays got to be extra vigilant & attentive, as kids are easily exposed to questionable 'ideas'.

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