From The Brunei Times, 2nd February, 2007.
(Grabbing my screenshots, Good Egg style)
This article was supposed to be published last Friday but due to the confusion of a new editor and everything, my article supposedly got lost into the “Internet Blackhole”. While it did ruin the buildup from this post, all is well.
As I have mentioned in the article the issue at hand is quite contentious, from the comments from this post many actually think that abuse at school is no longer prevalent while empirical research suggests otherwise.
I requote (emphasis mine),
There are many instances where small preschool children are humiliated, abused verbally and physically mistreated.
Never. Children should NEVER be subjected to that. It is traumatising and it discourages the child from developing the love of learning as a general. More important that that is the fact that abused, mistreated children grow up with poor self esteem and more often than not, a cycle ensues where they too abuse their children.
The article sounded as if I have the solution to everything: the ommision of a large number of the word “perhaps” that was initially included being the culprit. Obviously I do not have the perfect answer to solve this, I offered some, but these answers are just those reiterated some number of times in other academic publications.
iammaurina 
That was an excellent article. But from my experience in working in a school (not a teacher), I do notice how hard it was to control while at the same time encourage learning among preschool kids, who are naturally boisterous (well most of them). So I guess sometimes its just natural, just as how a mother would scold a her child, the teacher might react in ways that are not exactly right. And like you said, I don’t blame the teacher 100%, they are human themselves. But perhaps, this group of teachers should be given the proper psychological trainings to be able to handle these situations without resorting to threats even verbal, let alone physical. Are our teachers train in this?
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Jewelle, yes and having to control them everyday can get quite psychofit inducing, thats why some researchers do encourage the implementation of teacher auxillaries as I have mentioned in my article. It might perhaps help them deal with these very much energetic kids. However to answer your question, I am not sure myself, however, I know for a fact that all education courses in UBD requires a psychology module. Perhaps it is a matter of putting theory into practice.
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My goodness!
It seems those out in the East think cruelty to children equates with obedience. Children respond to love and interest, not fear and brutality. Perhaps if the mother stayed at home and looked after their kids, or the kids stayed with their amah, rather than stuffing them into preschool institutions with the aim of “educating” them the kids would feel valued and loved rather than cast aside by parents, who, lets face it, don’t love them or they wouldn’t do this to them.
As for the Fu Man Chu evil types that proliferate out there – well -no more said – in the “evil west ” these types would be in prison – and rightly so!
No wonder the children are exhibiting negative behaviour already!
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