Karpagam, S
(2013)
Culture that matters.
Learning Curve (21).
pp. 63-65.
Abstract
As a class teacher in the middle school [Grades V,
VI & VII] I have heard children rebuke one another
during the class sessions, in the common school
areas where they sit and chat while waiting for
their bus, while they go pass staff rooms. Initially I
thought children coming of age have this
awkwardness in expressing themselves and so
tease each other gently as a way and means to
start and strike a conversation with their peers. But
as a teacher I was always ‘ears’to what language
they are using to address each other, are they
being very aggressive in their remarks and so on.
At the same time equally I was on guard as to not
to interfere too much at every single comment or
mock as I felt that this is an important part of their
growing up process and they need to go through
it and stand up to it in their own way.
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