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had my edu lect on fri..and it was slightly depressing to be confronted with e view tt teachers are propogaters of the middle class ideology. since success in acads can be seen as having a rather high degree to correlation to family bckgrd. bochap parents=bochap kids?? rather agree though of coz it would be wrong to assume tt all working class parents are bochap. i dun want to be a manipulated tool to perpetuate income inequality!!!!!!!! argh. though of coz i believe tt inequality is a given tt will not disappear...it is another thing to be e cause for it. but anyway...today i watched 'I not stupid 2'..and it made me feel better abt myself as as active actor in being able to make changes. at least i noe now how i can be made a tool and can hence avoid it. anyway 'I not stupid 2' is seriously touching. cried for most of it. LOL. and yes. e sch can make alot of diff with regards to how kids view themselves. e names tt we confer upon our kids, they internalise. whether we call them prodigies, idiots or accuse them of being unable to study...they will believe. can only hope tt i won't become a bad teacher.
a teacher can make a great deal of change in a person. for better or for worse. her actions will spark off a ripple effect...even if it does not show on e surface...deep inside, e student could be changing..
tt's wat i tell my bfrienders too..and tt potential for change is restricted to a mere few occupations. lucky to be one of those. =)