Beth, you got hit on the head? Sus, thats a bit too much of an extreme, uy.
Bitaw no? Strikto jud atong mga parents. Filipino parents, specially when the kids are raised in the Philippines, tend to be more strict than say American parents or assimilated Fil-Am parents.
IMHO.
Yes Bran, she did. If not my head, hit my hands with a thick wood ruler. Yup it was rough. Then she also woke me up 4 AM to my study more before going to school that morning.
I think you're right, it's a Filipino thing who is so strict about education.
Excessive ra bitaw pood na, Beth. Pero you are a very smart and intelligent woman. You know I remember when I was in pre-K in Bohol Wisdom back in 1990 and the teacher would inspect our fingernails if it was clean and cut. If it wasn't she would strike our hands with a ruler.
I do wonder if the educational system in the Philippines is the same for today. Do they still implement the same disciplinary style?
Speaking of being hit by a ruler, I was in Grade 3 when somebody behind me was making noise. Our teacher, Ms. Paredes, thought it was me. I still can't believe she thought it was me when I wasn't a noisy student and in fact, I was actively participating in classes. Anyway, she hit my hand with a ruler. I couldn't remember the physical pain but boy I was so emotionally hurt. I cried so hard even when I was walking my way home. That night a had severe fever and for the first time I was brought to the hospital due to high fever. My Dad learned about the incident in school because my cousin neighbor told my parents about it. My Dad went to our school to talk to our teacher. When I came back after one week of being in the hospital, my teacher appeared embarassed to me.
Bastosa pood to imung teacher, 'te. For me, I think physical discipline should be reserved only to the parents, never to the instructor. I remember when my cousin was hit by a ruler by her teacher despite the fact that she wasn't responsible for it, she told my uncles, my aunts and my lola about it.
All of my uncles, who came back to Bohol from Saudi at the time, went to the school to talk to the teacher. The teacher was fired, all I know.
The audacity of the teacher to strike children who are innocent. It's worse than physical trauma; mental trauma ginoon.
I am personally against physical policy. I don't know if its still practiced, but it should be repealed and abolished outright.
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