A Singapore teacher attracted widespread condemnation for mocking his students on social networking app Instagram.
When a student answered some questions wrongly in a geography assignment, the teacher posted a photo of the script and added comments mocking the student.
“Don’t know if you’re silly for not reading instructions or stupid for thinking I will set such an easy repetitive question,” the post read.
The post has since been taken down and the teacher’s Instagram account deactivated.
Before the account was closed, netizens also uncovered other posts, including one criticising a student for being “childish AF” for doodling on the assignment’s cover page and writing “do not open”.
Another post featured a shot of a student’s answer when asked what were two things they hoped their teacher would not do to them during a lesson.
The student answered with the following:
- “Don’t pay too much attention to me”
- “If I do something wrong, please do not scold me in front of everyone”
In the post, the teacher ridiculed the student in question.
Netizens condemned the teacher’s actions and many felt he should have helped them instead of humiliating them. Others felt that he was also partly to blame for his students’ performance.
Shin Min Daily News spoke to a teacher regarding the incident, who said that her school would always remind teachers not to share any information about students on social media.
Even if the news was positive in nature, teachers are encouraged to share them on the school’s official internal website.
According to a statement from the offending teacher’s school, he has been counselled and appropriate disciplinary action has been taken against him.
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