Recently passing the board exam for teachers (LET), I am now curious and very interested on the current education system and everything that affects children behavior, inside or outside of the school.
Recently, I bumped into a former teacher from high school. I was so happy that she still recognized me and she was surprised that I am now a good friend of her son. We talked about how her students are today. She lamented that many of them have low regard for respecting teachers and in many instances, does not pay attention to learning. Not once she caught pupils with headphones on or fidgeting with their PSP or celllular phones.
Not surprisingly, at a very young age, students already are armed with techy gadgets which often than not take away their interest in academics. My sister-in-law would not allow my niece to stay with her at her office because of the presence of internet connection which her daughter would love to access like Friendster and other social networking sites. A friend of mine who teaches in Ateneo told me that generally, her students would come to class with their laptops and cellphones and instead of writing down on their notebooks, they would simply encode in their laptops or take videos of the lecture or take pictures of the visual aids. Sleek yes but I miss the older days where students labor on jotting down notes which actually builds a students’ character — being patient and hardworking.
My son has been pleading with us to buy him a PSP. As any boy his age and even older, he love playing games and I saw him being addicted to PSP when we as we roam around Baguio with the PSP around his neck and playing it whenever we pause from walking. I then decided it would ruin his study habits and probably, his social life and even his relationship with us after some time.
As a techy mom, I know I wouldn’t mind buying my son tech stuff. But being a mom too, I know I have to be wise and careful in giving him gadgets that may ruin his love for the academics. Although I wanted to make him happy and know that giving him a PSP would send him to heaven, I must hold myself back and think whether making him happy would make his life better too.
Parents have the biggest stake in his/her child’s education. We always blame schools for the kind of students our child turned out. In reality though, we have more responsibilities in rearing our child than their teachers. If we have raised our children well, most likely, they would would behave and perform well in school. It’s hard being parents though but we can always try if we want our children to do well in school and eventually, in life.
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