'Garbage-talking' teacher forced to tender apology
By Li Qian |
April 12, 2013, Friday
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A PRIMARY school teacher who reportedly slammed students with poor grades as garbage and sparked a storm of protest, has apologized.
The English teacher, surnamed Lin, from Foshan City in Guangdong Province sent a group message to 80 parents on Tuesday, naming and shaming seven students who got low scores in a quiz.
He criticized two students in particular as "extremely rubbish" for failing to get the average score of 60 and blamed them for pulling the class grades down with them.
One of the parents said he was "dumbstruck" after reading the contents and was concerned that such public criticism could have a negative effect on the young students, the Guangzhou Daily reported yesterday. Lin came under the media spotlight as criticism mounted against him.
One microblogger said "he himself belonged to the trash bin. Where does this rubbish teacher come from?"
Another netizen wrote: "He probably did not get his bonus because of the poor grades and therefore insulted them. If he had put in more effort on teaching them, the students would probably fared better."
Overwhelmed by the media pressure, Lin, in his 40s, apologized for his actions and called up the parents of the seven students and expressed remorse.
The Ronggui Siji Primary School said Lin, who has been teaching for over 20 years, was widely regarded as a good teacher. But the school said it would not consider him for the annual "good teacher evaluation" this year.
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