In Turkey, students are not allowed to record and distribute video of their teachers, even if they are being beaten and abused by them. One Turkish student learned this the hard way. A ninth grade student was recently expelled from school after he recorded his English teacher in class. The teacher was allegedly beating and swearing at her students. In retaliation the student posted the recording on the Internet. But in the end, the English teacher was found not guilty. As reported in the Turkish Daily News, “The teacher isn't found guilty for bashing and beating the students. However, the students are found guilty when they record the teacher on video to uncover her manners”
Further information can be found at:
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=91400
Friday, January 11, 2008
Turkey: A Teacher’s Right?
By Korea Jim
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My “co-teacher” responded to this article saying that Turkey is doing the right thing. Once students are allowed to get away with poor behavior all respect is lost. Students will value their education far more if the fear of beating is put upon them. The main problem with the society that we live in and why the students are disrespectful is because teachers are no longer allowed to “beat” the students. Now I am not agreeing with my “co-teacher” I am just portraying her response to the article. I find in the location where I am teaching students get away with a lot and there is no organized system of discipline. Teachers rarely reward good behavior and many of the classes end in either disinterested students or a yelling session with the teacher. In my attempts to bust out of this system I have implemented positive reinforcements to reward good behavior. Unfortunately, most of the time it gets over looked by the local teachers.
A teacher
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