| Making other people agree with you is not always | | | | all were weak and always have this "yes sir" attitude, |
| healthy. Yes, sometimes there are instances that we | | | | not even capable of thinking what is best to himself? |
| should be lone believer of something-- against the | | | | The world is a stage where every player is unique |
| world--and accept the fact that people have their | | | | and is respected. Each has a role to play to complete |
| own way of thinking and have the right to stand by | | | | a compelling story. |
| their own belief/s. | | | | That is why as a reading teacher, one is not |
| Pupils, young and impressionable, tend to be taken | | | | expected to force pupils to accept one , sole right |
| advantage of teachers who are believers of a | | | | answer; instead, wrong answer is treated as a |
| crusade, ideology, and the like. Instead of opening | | | | challenge to see the value of the question being on |
| the learners mind to myriad realities, they tend to | | | | the hot seat. |
| confine their wards in their own belief systems. And, | | | | A good question is open to myriad answers. And, |
| the moment the child resist such kind of | | | | entertaining such questions would open doors to |
| indoctrination or what you may call it, they will abhor | | | | more ideas related --or not-- to the subject being |
| him no end. | | | | taken up. What matters most is that teachers should |
| Yes, how many good pupils have been tagged or | | | | not be dogmatic in getting the one sole correct |
| labeled as stubborn, hard-headed and the like by their | | | | answer that they have been rehearsed for so long |
| teachers who have been strong believer of "isms"? | | | | time. |
| Discouraged by their teachers obsolete thinking, such | | | | Open-ended questions are avenues for critical and |
| good pupils opted to go somewhere "down the road | | | | creative thinking. Here, students are tasked to |
| "and look for a "greener pasture" to grow as a | | | | exercise their own knowledge and learn to appreciate |
| unique individual and not just clones of their so-called | | | | others unique answers. Yes, there is always fun in |
| perfect teachers. | | | | entertaining other point of views and learn--a thing or |
| Imagine the world if all have same personality: | | | | two. |
| dictator-- who would partake their exploits? What if | | | | |