After the incident where a teacher asked parents to help buy a laptop, many readers said that no matter what the circumstances, teachers should not lose their honor and self-respect.

Also a teacher, reader Truc Quynh wrote an article sharing about the incident. Tuoi Tre Online introduces this opinion.

Teaching profession does not become noble for no reason.

Recently, the case of a teacher who begged parents to buy her a laptop but was unsuccessful and then became angry and refused to prepare an outline for her students has caused a stir on social networks.

As a teacher, while following the above incident, I still could not sympathize or share anything with this colleague.

Because nobility or not depends on how we do the job, not having a noble job and then entering it and suddenly becoming noble.

More than communication skills, what every teacher should do is to maintain professional dignity, always reminding himself about the process of establishing and maintaining personal qualities.

The first very serious mistake of this teacher is the problem of maintaining self-esteem.

I don't know how old the teacher is this year, how long she has been working in the industry, but she behaves so strangely.

She considers the class fund as her own, and is willing to use it for personal shopping.

This is not only absurd but also shows her distorted thinking, taking advantage of parents and students. The teacher "asked" parents for support while she herself is a teacher, participating in work in the industry and receiving a monthly salary, and is not a "poor household" group, which is an extremely offensive act.

Over the years working in this profession, I have witnessed cases where teachers have difficult family circumstances, even serious illnesses, but resolutely refuse all gifts and financial support from parents, friends and colleagues.

A teacher's self-respect, honor and dignity are the most valuable assets that anyone standing on the podium needs to preserve.

Yet the teacher at Chuong Duong Primary School was willing to haggle and beg for every little thing, from agreeing to support 6 million then buying a laptop for 11 million, spending 5 million herself, to asking for a very domineering opinion like: "This is my laptop, do the parents agree?", making me shake my head in dismay.

I don't understand what the teacher is thinking in this case. If she only chooses to buy a 6 million laptop, then does that laptop belong to the parents?

This means that after using the laptop for the year, she will return it to her parents. Will the parents sell it and split the money?

When 3 parents disagreed with the idea that "the laptop is mine", she got angry and didn't want to accept it anymore.

Can not be sloppy in communication

Looking at the content of the text messages exchanged between Ms. H. and the parent of class 4/3 provided by the parent, I am truly disappointed in this teacher's sloppy communication skills.

Nowadays, as technology is increasingly developing, the use of network applications for teachers to connect with parents is extremely popular, contributing to shortening the distance between school and family.

However, this can be counterproductive when teachers lack the skills to compose messages or are too busy to communicate.

In the text messages with parents, the teacher often uses the word "xin" which gives the impression of lowering her own role. She often uses abbreviations such as "kg", "nhg", "PH", "nha PH"... giving the impression of being unprofessional and treating parents as friends.

Even the tone of voice through communication back and forth creates a rather chaotic feeling, sometimes "superior" to parents, sometimes sulking like with friends.

When I looked at some screenshots of her text messages with her parents, I was quite surprised at the messy use of punctuation and arbitrary sentence breaks.

This raises questions about her ability to use words, despite her pedagogical training.

I personally see that the use of Zalo for short messages and exchanges is being abused in many schools, including other organizations.

In some situations, instead of using text messages, we should draft emails to send to parents and students.

Emails are often well-written, with a tight structure, and the language used is also more formal and formal.

I spent some time in the position of soft skills trainer for teachers. At the schools I worked at, at the beginning of the year, the principal and training team had to retrain new teachers in the school on how to communicate with parents, colleagues, managers, and even the rules to note regarding content and form (for example: capitalization, bold, color of text, etc.).

In the flat era, with the development of technology like today, being diligent in studying and skillful in the process of communicating with parents will help teachers have less headaches because of their own elementary communication errors.