Lean on Me

A downfall of a school because of politics interference in education system is evident in this movie... importance given to funds to run the school destroyed the standards of a well-reputed school. It did not only down-graded the school but in long term, the school was categorized as the most notorious place to be for students.

Politics in education will lead to negligence of students (welfare and education). A principle who tried to fight the system is condemned and imprisoned for trying to protect the school children in this movie.

As a teacher-trainee, i was inspired to give importance to my duty duty as a teacher and my students rather than fearing the political issues that tries to alter or disrupt my students' teaching and learning process. My students should not feel abandoned at any time and resort to social issues that gives them the recognition that schools fails to provide them with.

Bottom-line, it is well known that interference of politics in education brings to abolition to the education system of the country.

Fable Oh Fable...

Fable is a short story with a moral value and it is made interesting by adding in elements of myth and legend. Creating fable in a modern context and by people who do not have a gist of the real fable situation is quite challenging but i guess we did good in creating our own fable.

At first, we thought we have to re-do an existing fable with modern characters, but after we enter the class did we know that we have to create our own fable. Within the 45 minutes time that we got, Adeline, Kirubayini, Naomi and me brainstormed and came out with an idea of portraying a Malay proverb, "hujan batu di negara sendiri, hujan emas di negara orang, lebih baik negara sendiri", in our fable.

We used fishes to portray our message. These fishes were drawn by Kirubayini and the others helped to draw the colourful outlines and also to come with the dialogues with correct grammar. it was an enjoyable experience creating a fable of our own. I am looking forward to do more activities like this.