As with most of you, in my school days I was taught by many teachers. Out of them, for many I’m grateful and for others I’m not. They were a mixed bag of Good, Bad and the Fugly. I fondly remember Few Outstanding ones who inspired us to learn beyond books, even then they were a dying breed. No, I’m not talking about the kind of misleading YouTube Monkeys you find nowadays. 🐒 Best of the rest covered the syllabus and did their very best to educate us. Remainder had no business being in the business of education. For students, those morons were the stuff nightmares were made of. They should have been locked up in loony bins and keys thrown away.
Having said that, it is not a secret that Teachers were and till this date are criminally underpaid for the job of shaping up future generations. We are quick to point fingers at the quality of the educators but does the government invest enough to attract the talent the field demands and deserves ? Do teachers have the right to protest and for their dues ? Do they have the right to strike ? I guess the answers are obvious unless you have four legs, a tail and a pair of horns up your forehead singing “වැඩ කරන අපේ විරුවා” 🐮
Like many other professions before them, Teachers have come to the bitter realization that striking is the only way to win their rights. True, many have suffered as a result of trade union actions now and then. But I’ve come to accept the fact that with a rotten Political and State Services sector which only gets awakened to the matters of Luxury Vehicles and Dirty Underhand Deals, this is inevitable. I say let them strike ! I say let them win their rights. It’s not that we don’t have money, historically we have mismanaged what we have. Cut down the billions wasted on useless corrupt politicians and White Elephant projects to fuel their egos, we will have plenty of money to go around. Not just for Education but for many other worthy causes.
All of the above is true, yet what about this thing called Corona ? Well what about it ? Government is nothing but a reflection of its own people. Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups. Especially if led by an Idiot with the surname “KingPuk”. හිස් Excellency “කටිං පුටිං” said “අපි තමයි හොඳටම කරේ !” but in reality everyone else has done even better. All of us have underestimated Corona miserably and No matter what we do now it is too little too late for controlling it. We simply can’t reverse the tide and the damage is already done. Only way forward is to expedite the vaccination campaign of the herd or build herd immunity.🐄🐂🐃. That is if there is ever going to be such a thing.
Now it’s all about Survival of the Fittest, So Hang on. But I still Support Teachers and their right for a Deserving Salary ! If you ask me You should too !
~ Kanda !
අගෝස්තු 6, 2021 at 7:24 ප.ව.
Very interesting.
There are two kinds of teachers. Teachers and educators. What we need are the second type, educators. Those are the ones you mentioned in your article as who inspired you to learn beyond books
Of your comments about teachers, do you think uneducated bustards among those 225 know the value of education? Even from the others, like GL, Kapila Perera, who are very well educated but doesn’t have any clue what is the school education system in SL, can we expect any good? Not to mention the bureaucrats in the Education department. At least the “මැටි ඇමති” would do something better if he is given the Education Ministry.
අපි තමයි හොඳටම කරේ !
Yes, it was true at the time HE made that speech, but it is not valid today. Everyone (may be including the HE) probably knows the Covid management is messed up in Sri Lanka. It is like a vehicle with 4 different sizes of wheels!. That is something else and you could have written along those lines and not the අපි තමයි හොඳටම කරේ !
Stay safe
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අගෝස්තු 8, 2021 at 6:39 ප.ව.
We should support teachers rights for at least future generations. We can’t rely on current crop of politicians to do jackshit. That’s why I think we should stand behind teachers all the way. Yet I believe even they too got the bit about Private education institutions mixed up, that’s a different topic 🙂
Only way to manage Corona at this point is complete vaccinations which I have mentioned. But it was bit too late and things will run their own course. Nandasena and us are just a spectators at this point. I only hope they will do enough to finish the vaccinations as soon as possible.
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අගෝස්තු 7, 2021 at 2:44 පෙ.ව.
I wholeheartedly support teachers for their cause. No doubt, their demands must have fallen on deaf ears for ages.
But, under present circumstances, is it a wise idea to go on mass rallies or public protests? My answer is NO.
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අගෝස්තු 8, 2021 at 6:23 ප.ව.
My rational is that water has already gone beyond the nose, so only way out is swimming with the tide. Social Distancing is great but in reality its next to impossible for working citizens in SL thanks to our transport infrastructure.
On top of that politicians seems to think they can sweep all the problems under the carpet with Covid 🙂
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අගෝස්තු 7, 2021 at 1:15 ප.ව.
Nicely written. But, in this blessed isle logical and practical are alien concepts.
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අගෝස්තු 8, 2021 at 6:18 ප.ව.
Yup, importing more luxury vehicles to Politicians and wasting money on useless projects seem to be the way forward for those who in power.
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අගෝස්තු 8, 2021 at 3:22 ප.ව.
I wrote lot about teachers in my blog. There are few I still like. But if the teachers get more wages perhaps private tution would stop, (Like in UK) Teachers do private tution but not as much in Sri Lanka. But it’s gaining ground because of us Asians. About Covid- Again i wrote lot of blog pasts explaing how it will get. So perhaps kanda’s circle under estimated it. Even Boros Johnson underestimated it. Well, we ar eon a course to recovery. Hope you guys are too.
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අගෝස්තු 8, 2021 at 6:15 ප.ව.
We did underestimate it, but once we realized we narrowed down our circle and avoided masses at all cost. Yet in our circle six people from three families got infected, all from work places. Now it’s so common but luckily most of the country is vaccinated.
Yes, giving teachers a sufficient salary is the key to fix Tution Mafia and the shortcomings of our education system.
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අගෝස්තු 13, 2021 at 1:00 පෙ.ව.
කණ්ඩා කාලෙකින් ලියුවෙ නැත්තෙ මොකද.? 🤔🤪🧐.
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ජනවාරි 3, 2023 at 9:13 ප.ව.
ඇවිදින්න පටන් ගත්ත නිසා ලියන්න නිවාඩු පාඩු අඩුයි 🙂
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