see, i have a theory. and this theory that i have, it might offend some people. and the people who will get offended are most likely teachers, as in government-employed teachers in government schools. so here goes: i have a theory that, students, under our present education system, are becoming increasingly insipid, instead of becoming smarter.
because of this, a school is no longer a place most students look forward to. i'm a full-time tutor and i provide English tuition in several tuition centres so i see this every day. and the people in high places are wondering why teachers are not garnering enough respect from their students? respect is earned, not given. apparently, this is a befuddling axiom for some people to grasp, so allow me to repeat it: respect is earned, not given.
look man, there's already enough talk about how this and that should be, but how about doing something for real? it just boggles the mind to see how uniformly bad most students are when it comes to something as simple and clear-cut as grammar. ask any random chinese secondary school students if "please wait me at there" or "the shopping centre have many people" are correct, and they'll probably tell you yes. (at this juncture, it's time for an expletive, but i'll refrain myself, knowing some of my students might be reading this)
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smart kid. finally. what did unkle tell ya before?
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