Dear Editor,
I don't always agree with Minister Ronald Thwaites, but the comment he made recently that parents shouldn't send "leggo beast" children to school was taken way out of context.
I see people commenting and reacting with the usual Bible verses and talking about 'suffer the little children', which must've really hit a nerve with the minister, who is also a Deacon, forcing him to apologise.
We don't have to be so politically correct all the time; the truth hurt sometimes, and the minister spoke the truth! These unruly children are products of bad parenting, poverty and poor socialisation, they go to school and wreak havoc on the system and other children and eventually get expelled. They disrupt the entire learning process and make it difficult for others to learn. Expelling is one possibility, but can't be the long-term solution. Teachers already have their hands full, trying to impart knowledge with limited resources, they shouldn't be responsible for curbing violence in schools and trying to rehabilitate unruly children.
Yes, they are still children and should not be excluded from the system entirely, as these are the same ones who will eventually grow up hopeless and worthless, becoming criminals, wreaking even more havoc on society. There should be special places or camps for these children to receive special remedial learning, where they can learn with special teaching methods and skill training. They have to develop self-esteem so they can eventually become useful, productive and normal citizens.
The normal classroom is not they place for "leggo beasts", and I don't believe the minister has anything to apologise for.
P Chin
chin_p@yahoo.com
Why so PC, Minister?
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I don't always agree with Minister Ronald Thwaites, but the comment he made recently that parents shouldn't send "leggo beast" children to school was taken way out of context.
I see people commenting and reacting with the usual Bible verses and talking about 'suffer the little children', which must've really hit a nerve with the minister, who is also a Deacon, forcing him to apologise.
We don't have to be so politically correct all the time; the truth hurt sometimes, and the minister spoke the truth! These unruly children are products of bad parenting, poverty and poor socialisation, they go to school and wreak havoc on the system and other children and eventually get expelled. They disrupt the entire learning process and make it difficult for others to learn. Expelling is one possibility, but can't be the long-term solution. Teachers already have their hands full, trying to impart knowledge with limited resources, they shouldn't be responsible for curbing violence in schools and trying to rehabilitate unruly children.
Yes, they are still children and should not be excluded from the system entirely, as these are the same ones who will eventually grow up hopeless and worthless, becoming criminals, wreaking even more havoc on society. There should be special places or camps for these children to receive special remedial learning, where they can learn with special teaching methods and skill training. They have to develop self-esteem so they can eventually become useful, productive and normal citizens.
The normal classroom is not they place for "leggo beasts", and I don't believe the minister has anything to apologise for.
P Chin
chin_p@yahoo.com
Why so PC, Minister?
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