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Hard-working vs Lazy Teachers

bhoot — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 03:09:18 +0000

People in Mauritius have recently grown jealous of the dream job of many, school teacher, or educator as they are called now (for college), long paying holidays, short working hours… Little do they know the hard work that many of them put in doing their duty. It is like labour work, except that nobody says they ‘only’ work from 5 to 11 am or so. That’s because their work is physically demanding. Education on the other hand, is mentally demanding, and as exhausting as your private 9 to 6 pm job…

However, there are some teachers who abuse of their positions, to enjoy themselves, make money on tuitions – thus making a bad name for themselves. There are a few examples of those, like Mr X who threatens his students to take tuition with him, or else he will give them bad marks. Poor students do not know what to do, and many indeed do pay for tuition, while attending other teachers tuition – that’s because Mr B. is a very bad teacher according to what those students tell me (compared to other teachers). I won’t mention the full name (I would if I had the video testimonials of those students), but hey, you would have guessed that it’s among one of the colleges in the region… I wonder why such a disgrace is still in the education system, would he have support from other people? Don’t any of his colleagues report him? What about parents, don’t their children tell about this teacher? It’s Cambridge who’ll give your ultimate marks, not that disgrace.

Heard about another teacher who squeezes the maximum number of students in his tuition classes for exorbitant tuition fees (for rural areas that is… anyway, fees in towns have always been higher)… Say, he has been a good teacher years ago. But does he really get time to really help each student with a few batches of 40 per day? If yes, he’s a hero, sinon…

Well, I do offer some lectures part-time an a tertiary institutions, and have many teachers friends from state secondary schools. It is a minority of lazy teachers who do bad, and the rest have to bear the bad word of mouth from parents around the region…

Rest assured that there are many good teachers in the region as well, and that’s a relief to hear. I know friends from from the North and central plateau who used to come to Lallmatie, Bon Accueil, Brisée Verdière for tuition (hey I didn’t say it’s a bad thing). These teachers make us proud and really help the students

No Public Smoking, Drinking – Lallmatie Looks Cleaner and More Peaceful

bhoot — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 08:53:01 +0000

With the for and against the new smoking and alcohol drinking in public places, there actually is a real change in Lallmatie.

People of Lallmatie have started to respect public places. No more drinking around the corner (for the fear of fines)… no more smoking… It really feels fresh now.

What a good way to celebrate the National Day!

Just Do It!

bhoot — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 04:58:51 +0000

Times and again, someone has to know what’s happening in some places around Lallmatie… Or that I should give my opinion on the problems in Mauritius. I’m not yet writing articles for a newspaper, but a blog is a very good start!

So often, I get ideas of what I can write, or what should be said (like many people had predicted today’s traffic problems with the 3 pm ending time for colleges – it’s another thing that it might be solved today… we said it before… much before…). So from now on, I’ll write on… Show the world, you, and expect comments, critics, etc… Spam? Except Spam…

Speaking of the traffic problem, if ‘they’ really want to keep the 3 pm, why not increase the working time for government agencies to 4.30 pm? Anyway, they’re already getting more pay since this year’s PRB – and we’re still working harder, and for longer hours in the private sector, and still running the economy…