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Chinese Student bullies teacher

by Sharique on May 29, 2007

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At 4pm on May 25, a video was posted on the Internet. In this video, there were more than 20 students in a classroom for a geography lesson. The students were napping, talking, horsing around and one of them was roaming around filming. One student said: “This is the geography lesson. Watch the show.” Then he walked up to the teacher and removed the teacher’s white hat. The class roared in laughter. Later, that student went up to the teacher and made for a physical confrontation. Another student threw a water bottle at the teacher while the first student yelled: “That stupid c*nt! Kill him!” The teacher just kept on with his lecture. The video was apparently posted by a female student in the class. Within three hours, there were 5,000 visits and 100 angry comments. The video was deleted at 7pm, but it has already been copied and distributed across the Intenet.

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I think the inherent respect for teachers among Indians can never lead to such a situation. What say?

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Love China for at least this

by Sharique on August 23, 2006

BEIJING (AP) – China’s parliament is considering a law that would bar teachers from insulting students after widespread complaints of classroom humiliation, a news report said Wednesday.

The measure would “ban teachers from insulting and physically punishing their students,” the Xinhua News Agency said. It said the ban was part of an amendment to a law on child protection being considered by the National People’s Congress.

Violators could be fired or given administrative punishments, Xinhua said. It didn’t say how the measure would define insults.

A survey last year by an official youth committee found that “Chinese teachers often humiliate their pupils,” the agency said.

It said the study found that “81.45 per cent of primary school students listed insults from teachers as their most serious problem.”

A 17-year-old student committed suicide in 2004 after being humiliated by a teacher in front of her classmates, according to the report.

Any student’s dream come true :) I have always felt the need to tighten the grip on teachers so as to restrict prejudices on their part. The austere law makers in China are finally doing something right but the question is how to implement this law.

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