Actually when talking abt peeps gaduh2 when voicing opinion, I remembered a lesson whereby I did storytelling with my Yr 2 n 3 recently. I was telling them a story titled King of Woods n after I introduced the characters, I asked them who do u think the King of Woods. Obviously most of them chose the biggest animal, the bull moose. A few chose bear n some chose eagle. Nobody chose the little Wren becoz it is afterall little kan so mana boleh jadi "King". What interesting is the way the children reacted. They were so sure they got the rite answer especially the "bull moose" group they start to ridicule their friends. When it became obvious that the bear n the eagle were not the King of The Woods...lagilah berlagak diorang. They were cheering when the bull moose scooped the bear n threw it away. N siap kutuk2 lagi member tu. Kesian grup2 yg salah tu. Monyok n yg kelakarnya bila diorg nak changed group n joined the bull moose group, they did not allow them. Siap tolak2 lagi. It's like kau dah salah kan....salahlah. Mana boleh nak betul2kan. I continued with the story n in the end it turned out that the Little Wren was actually the King of WOods...n this time, the group yg kena kutuk tadi x igt dunia kenakan grup bull moose tu. What they didn't know is that semua pun x betul n yet they berlagak mcm they know everything. IMO, adults n kids sama aje. N this is what I am trying hard to change. During each of my lesson I always try engaging the kids into a discussion n this is when I introduces them adab2 dlm voicing yr opinion. Among it will be to respect others, wait fr yr turn, no name calling n the most important thing is at the end of it they can agree to disagree. Now whoever said teaching jobs is easy....we r not merely teaching them how to read, speak or rite but really it is more than that.
N last but not least....Never argue with fools, coz people watching will have difficulty spotting the fools.
