Tired....

Only four days into the term...one word sums it up for me. Tired! ...physically. Getting up earlier than usual, the rush on the road, the demands of work, the rush after school hours.... the body needs some time to adjust. But manageable!!!

Mentally.... where teaching is concerned; enjoy the challenges, the flexibility. I like teaching language cos it is not static. But the bureaucracy is stifling. Too much emphasis on show! Sometimes I feel like we're zoo exhibits; we're the animal shows. Then, when we perform well, trainer gets the applause, animals get food bits.... as reward. Animals got not much say, already caged up...have to work for their morsels mah! LOL!

Too much talk. In essence not much substance. A boss who doesn't even know the name of his subordinates to top it. It's not that there're hundreds of us. Nice looking paperwork but hours wasted on meeting after meeting. Hours of listening to almost the same mantra, same stuff from different mouths. One would think that teachers do not have the ability to think.... brains that function only at minimal levels, existence at primal level only...... so, we've to be very yes-(wo)man type! On a related note.... even our MBs, former MBs send their children to national-type schools. They don't trust the national schools to educate their children??? Interesting, don't you think? One reason why languages other than BM and English are seldom taught successfully in national schools is because of the lack of commitment from the administrators.

Plan without foresight. Execution rife with problems which could have been avoided. Tested and tried methods discarded simply because they want it done their new way. Notice how we keep building new stuff to replace the old? Sheesh!! I am beginning to sound like I'm anti-establishment!

And instead of teaching moral courage, we're more concerned about introducing theological flavours; in the process sometimes instilling 'I'm holier than thou' attitude in our young....... Why do we segregate them through the use of such theological flavours? We should teach them to be Malaysians first instead of Malays, Chinese, Indians, Kadazans, Ibans, Muslims, non-Muslims... yet our schools go for the latter. If there's a need to introduce theological flavours, why not a 'Malaysian' theological flavour? Like what some schools have bravely done...invite, priests, pastors, iman(s) to come together for that theological flavoured programme. Integration through example.

So much for nation building.... depressing!!!!

Am I whining too much???? Or our education system is really in distress!!!! If not, then I am the one in distress. LOL!