By Ning Jing
Translated by Wang Jing
It has been explicitly pointed
out in the related documents issued by the Ministry of Education recently that
head teachers have the right to criticize and educate the students with proper
methods in the daily management of education and teaching. This regulation has
drawn broad social attention and
discussion.
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Schools and teachers shoulder double responsibilities of teaching and educating. So, it is teachers' duty and an unquestionable moral truth for teachers to give correct criticism to students. The reason for teachers to be called "gardener" lies in the fact that they have to both water and fertilize and trim and cut in order to make flowers more bright and small trees more strong.
Criticism and self-criticism are indispensable power for a team to grow healthily and have always been actively advocated by the society. Why is the criticism from teachers to students needed to be authorized by the Ministry of Education? This may be the last-ditch measurement made by the Ministry of Education. Without doing this, the difficulties and dilemmas of schools and teachers will not be solved.
We have to admit that the responsibility that teachers have no courage or even abandon criticizing students can not be ascribed to teachers themselves. Now, there are many misunderstanding for the education of adolescence. For schools, though they talk about cultivating qualified builders and successors everyday, they make mistakes for over tolerance in the managerial education of students. Many parents want their children to become useful people earlier, but they over-spoiled their children. In such circumstances, the normal and kind criticism from some teachers to their students will not only get no support but also bring accusing, blow and misfortune. How can they talk about their initiation of educating?
The paper regulation of the Ministry of Education can not really solve the problem. The relevant circumstance and atmosphere created by the whole society is needed to make teachers be bold enough to criticize students. The understanding and support from parents and legal protection are indispensable.