My Teachers Don't Do Cincai Work

Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh. 

I just watched a YouTube video of a 15-year-old kid, telling people her opinions on international school vs government school. She made a few good points, some obvious points that don't need to be addressed as most people already know and some irrelevant points. I second the point when she said that in Malaysia, intelligence is all about grades because I believe everyone has their own speciality, but I feel offended by the way she looks at government schools and on behalf of those who make a living by becoming teachers in government school. I can't deny that international schools have clean toilets and cafeterias that serve scrumptious lunch because your parents have paid for that. And yes, you put high expectation because of the same reason. I can't expect to have a school like yours when I have to pay only one-hundredth of your semester fee. It's the truth.

But. I totally disagree when she said that it's a fact the teachers in gov school don't think out of the box and do cincai work. She judged this based on her unfortunate experience, but I don't think she's eligible enough to say it's a fact and judge gov teachers' qualification of teaching as the gov school she went might be just one out of the 5 schools she had gone to, and for a short period of time.

I bet my primary school was way more kampung than her former school. It's Sekolah Kebangsaan Bukit Beruang (that bukit doesn't have any beruang by the way haha). Yes, sekolah kampung, which we had to tick the 'luar bandar' when applying for the boarding schools. But, my teachers don't do cincai works. 6 years I'd been there, and I know they don't do cincai works. For another 5 years, I spent it in a boarding school in Cyberjaya. Yes, it is a government school as well. We got delicious food there and clean toilets as well, though still can't beat international school (I reckon so), but my teachers don't do cincai works.

You can't say they make their job simpler if you don't become one of them. The ones who're not in others' shoes would never understand how it feels. For you it might be a cincai by just giving works, students submit, they mark and then teach a new topic. But for them, it is a sacrifice they make to teach, to stay up at late night to mark our exam papers and to have a good thought on what to teach on the next day. You get the chance to learn everything in a variety of ways because obviously you pay for that. My primary school uses chalk to write on the blackboard and a duster to rub it off, before tapping the duster on a small box to remove the dust, but Alhamdulillah I learnt a lot of things even in an unsatisfactory (to a certain person) environment. 

Sometimes it's not about how the surrounding, but it's about who we are. Pay more, get more. That's for sure. Anyway, have you heard about less is more? Those who have less treasure more. We learn simple little things that ones might think it's not a part of their learning matters. Your little things are about studying in mixed cultures and nationalities to learn new cultures and accents, but ours are about using fork and spoon in the dining hall, selling sausages in classes and dorms just to raise fund for our clubs and societies, studying in a bit dark room because it was light off time and we only had to depend on the fluorescent lamps from outside of the dorm, etc.

Opinions are not the same from one person to another, but some opinions are meant to be kept, or at least should be explained in a proper manner. Not everyone is born with a silver spoon in the mouth and there are some people out there who can't even pay for food to fill their stomach. Going to what kind of school is not a choice for some of us. We can't afford to pay that amount of money just to enter an international school as we have a lot of other things to consider, concern and take into account.

To broaden your mind is about how we look at certain things in different perspectives.
To broaden your mind is to put yourself in others' shoes.
To broaden your mind is to appreciate the blessings that we get.
To broaden your mind is to realise that one man's trash is another man's treasure.
To broaden your mind is to choose your words carefully and wisely.

To broaden your mind is to respect everyone.

This post is not written to heat things up, but just a humble opinion from me to remind how much our teachers have done for us. We can't judge the whole community because of a person's wrong and everything has its own pros and cons. Peace!