In 2009 when I was in my infancy stage in the education industry I had the displeasure of witnessing a mum caning and giving her daughter a right old scolding in front of us for what she perceived as "insulting' grades.
The student was tearing and personally I knew she was humiliated. Me and another educator intervened.
Maybe the mum wanted to send a signal to us to push her child further. Who knows?
The girl was in primary 4 and she attained an 80 plus, Band 1 for her science paper. We knew she could do better. It was status quo for the student. She was consistent from her previous exam. The mum demanded a 95 mark.
Even if the student had committed various careless mistakes, to me a strong advice to eradicate such mistakes for future exams with a "well done" would have sufficed. Just continue to work harder. Nothing wrong to aim for that 95. It was the process I questioned.
Maintaining high standard is one thing. Sowing the seed for a child to hate learning is another.
Sometimes I do wonder how the student is doing now.
I just hope that that episode in 2009 had not scarred her eternally to the extent of hating learning.
Learning is a marathon not a sprint.
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