It's like dust on the leaves,
and it never leaves..
an uninvited tenant - this tinge of sadness,
is here to stay!
Wednesday, December 21, 2016
Wednesday, December 7, 2016
This is an outburst!
My dear 'incompetent' teachers of the deaf!
(This letter is NOT addressed to the 'rare' competent ones)
You are part of a big majority. That must be really comforting! It must feel nice to see how incompetence actually binds people together and exclude the 'competent' ones. You must be thanking your stars for landing up with the best job on the planet, where there is absolutely no accountability. You can huddle and talk about your mundane, meaningless shit in the morning assembly - during the prayer, even during National Anthem and no body would complain. You can sit inside the class or out in the sun (depending upon the weather) and indulge in gossip, or just sleep and no body would complain. In case, there is someone around, you can just pretend to write on the board and that's all there is to teaching! On Saturdays, which are declared bag-free days, you have the added privilege of being glued to your chair entire day as a group and just kill time (in your own words) while the students do yoga, dance, act, run etc. - all by themselves. You don't have to get up when somebody gets hurt. You don't have to get up while the kids think of you as highly disappointing and useless. You don't have to get up even when their bright minds die each day of ignorance, lethargy and negativity you radiate!
Some of you escape the guilt by blaming RCI and AYJNIHH for not having 'Sign Language' during your training time. Others just deny the importance of 'Sign Language' in the first place. Of course, it makes far more sense to just speak (or shout) to the deaf child, whether he understands anything or not - is his problem. The decades you spent in the school were not enough for you to learn the sign language flowing all around you, but the deaf child is automatically supposed to comprehend your spoken language despite the hearing loss, late intervention, improper hearing aids and non-existent speech therapy. Bravo!
If you were in any other school, teaching any other kind of students - you would have to eventually 'teach' or confront the authorities, the students themselves and the parents. But you see - deaf students can't talk. And thanks to your brilliant teaching practices, they can't even write a decent complaint letter. Even if, they somehow managed to complain, parents and authorities don't know sign language - they will always go by the teacher's version of the story. Plus, there's all this bullshit about - 'Teachers are always right' and 'We must always respect our teachers'. So unfortunately, you're safe.
Apart from the fat salary you draw every month for doing nothing, you also get praise and appreciation from your relatives and random visitors who think you're doing 'God's work' - especially when you proudly boast of 25 years spent in this field, share some of your false ideologies about deaf people & culture. You go home each day thinking good about yourself. But guess what - the damage you've done to countless young deaf minds is irreparable and inexcusable. And you will be rewarded for it one day!
(This letter is NOT addressed to the 'rare' competent ones)
You are part of a big majority. That must be really comforting! It must feel nice to see how incompetence actually binds people together and exclude the 'competent' ones. You must be thanking your stars for landing up with the best job on the planet, where there is absolutely no accountability. You can huddle and talk about your mundane, meaningless shit in the morning assembly - during the prayer, even during National Anthem and no body would complain. You can sit inside the class or out in the sun (depending upon the weather) and indulge in gossip, or just sleep and no body would complain. In case, there is someone around, you can just pretend to write on the board and that's all there is to teaching! On Saturdays, which are declared bag-free days, you have the added privilege of being glued to your chair entire day as a group and just kill time (in your own words) while the students do yoga, dance, act, run etc. - all by themselves. You don't have to get up when somebody gets hurt. You don't have to get up while the kids think of you as highly disappointing and useless. You don't have to get up even when their bright minds die each day of ignorance, lethargy and negativity you radiate!
Some of you escape the guilt by blaming RCI and AYJNIHH for not having 'Sign Language' during your training time. Others just deny the importance of 'Sign Language' in the first place. Of course, it makes far more sense to just speak (or shout) to the deaf child, whether he understands anything or not - is his problem. The decades you spent in the school were not enough for you to learn the sign language flowing all around you, but the deaf child is automatically supposed to comprehend your spoken language despite the hearing loss, late intervention, improper hearing aids and non-existent speech therapy. Bravo!If you were in any other school, teaching any other kind of students - you would have to eventually 'teach' or confront the authorities, the students themselves and the parents. But you see - deaf students can't talk. And thanks to your brilliant teaching practices, they can't even write a decent complaint letter. Even if, they somehow managed to complain, parents and authorities don't know sign language - they will always go by the teacher's version of the story. Plus, there's all this bullshit about - 'Teachers are always right' and 'We must always respect our teachers'. So unfortunately, you're safe.
Apart from the fat salary you draw every month for doing nothing, you also get praise and appreciation from your relatives and random visitors who think you're doing 'God's work' - especially when you proudly boast of 25 years spent in this field, share some of your false ideologies about deaf people & culture. You go home each day thinking good about yourself. But guess what - the damage you've done to countless young deaf minds is irreparable and inexcusable. And you will be rewarded for it one day!
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