A Terrible Teacher

Professional ethics ARE very important for a teacher, especially for primary and middle school teachers. As children spend the whole day with teacherS, teachers not only teach them knowledge from books, but also teach moral principles.

I had a terrible teacher in middle school. She was MAYBE the worst person I have met. She was in charge of our class and taught us mathematics and Chinese. She only liked students who studIED well and CAME FROM rich FAMILIES, and she hated poor students. If someone WAS the worst IN academic achievement, she would curse that student in front of all THE classmates AND even beat up that student. If someone's family'S financial status was bad and THEY DIDN'T GIVE her gifts, she would ignore that student AND never GIVE the student the opportunity to answer questions. UNTIL the student SENT her a present, she wouldN'T ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR EXISTENCE.
Furthermore, she didn't seriously TEACH IN the normal classes, but demanded all the students attend extracurricular classes and pay money for it.

Unfortunately I was A poor student IN my third year in middle school. She arranged FOR me to sit IN A desk IN THE last row AND cursed me in front of my classmates. It was THE opposite OF my first year in middle school (at that time, my family HADN'T BECOME BANKRUPT yet and I always got better academic scores).

The terrible experience HAD A BIG INFLUENCE ON ME. I hated the TEACHING career for a long time.

Last month, our middle school classmates had A reunion. When we talked about that teacher, each of us hated her and we all AGREED the memory of middle school was horrible.

Hopefully the educational ministry can pay more attention to teachers' ethics and educate them AS TO how to be as a good teacher.