http://bboothblog.com/2008/06/02/coward-courageous/ Thought Provoking Issues! Fri, 09 Apr 2010 02:19:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://bboothblog.com/2008/06/02/coward-courageous/#comment-171 Angela Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:12:29 +0000 http://bbooth.wordpress.com/?p=33#comment-171 While I do understand Mr. Meizhong's reaction as a selfish and senseless man, it is undeniably wrong as a 'teacher' and 'civil servant' to not at the very least warn his students to run for their lives too. As an analogy of the fundamentals of teaching, where the teacher does not provide answers to their students but rather the skills and resources to find the answers, a simple "run for your life!" may have sufficed to provide his students the ability to save themselves. It is not rocket science to anybody or at least a descent human-being that there is a certain level of social responsibility to being a 'teacher' / 'civil servant'. I would imagine that this, at the very least is what Mr. Meizhong would expect from his daughter's prospective teachers. While I do understand Mr. Meizhong’s reaction as a selfish and senseless man, it is undeniably wrong as a ‘teacher’ and ‘civil servant’ to not at the very least warn his students to run for their lives too. As an analogy of the fundamentals of teaching, where the teacher does not provide answers to their students but rather the skills and resources to find the answers, a simple “run for your life!” may have sufficed to provide his students the ability to save themselves. It is not rocket science to anybody or at least a descent human-being that there is a certain level of social responsibility to being a ‘teacher’ / ‘civil servant’. I would imagine that this, at the very least is what Mr. Meizhong would expect from his daughter’s prospective teachers.

]]> http://bboothblog.com/2008/06/02/coward-courageous/#comment-97 Incredulous Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:05:13 +0000 http://bbooth.wordpress.com/?p=33#comment-97 I have to tell you, this story sounds really bogus to me. Who, in Communist China, which has a fondness for killing people accused of minor infractions, would publically admit to being so selfish and unconcerned with the lives of other people's children which he's been entrusted with? Who would make such blatant statements about himself. I think it's phoney. What it really sounds like is some official(s) is/are trying to divert attention away from the poor state of building regulations in the country and they are using this guy as a scapegoat. I have to tell you, this story sounds really bogus to me. Who, in Communist China, which has a fondness for killing people accused of minor infractions, would publically admit to being so selfish and unconcerned with the lives of other people’s children which he’s been entrusted with? Who would make such blatant statements about himself. I think it’s phoney. What it really sounds like is some official(s) is/are trying to divert attention away from the poor state of building regulations in the country and they are using this guy as a scapegoat.

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