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  • Former Teacher And NIE Lecturer: Youths Must Still Be Encouraged To Do Embrace Knowledge

    Former Teacher And NIE Lecturer: Youths Must Still Be Encouraged To Do Embrace Knowledge

    I am going to humbly go against the grain here and state that I don’t think sharing our past PSLE scores and telling kids what we are doing/where we are now is helpful. I think every kid’s performance in PSLE should only be compared to their own past performance or to targets they have set for themselves. I think sharing our PSLE scores forces a comparison between the kids and ourselves, which is terribly unfair because we did not go through the same education syllabus nor the same exams as they did. Our context and upbringing were different. Our circumstances will be different from theirs. Our measure of what success is will also be very different from one another. So why limit their possibilities by projecting ours?

    I also find telling kids that PSLE scores don’t necessarily impact your future is misleading, because to an extent it does. Kids need to know that their actions (choosing to study/ not study) will have consequences (which school they go to/what courses they take) but what’s important is that they know we are here to help support them so together we can deal with situations where the consequences are not ideal. For the kids who may not have done well…hug them, kiss them, tell them it’s alright and you love them, and help them reflect on what is it that they thought went wrong. Empower them with skills and abilities they need to be autonomous learners who know their own strengths and weaknesses. For the kids who have done well, again, hug them, kiss them, tell them well done on their efforts and it is well deserved. And empower these kids too so that in case they find themselves facing failure in the future, they will be resilient.

    My concern is that that in our attempt to convince some kids that “results don’t matter”, we belittle the efforts taken by other kids, educators and parents who believe in achieving academic excellence, with much grit and determination.

    We have to tell our kids…YOU need to study. You need to learn and love learning. Be disciplined. Continue to put in the effort. Don’t use examples of people who have made it without doing well academically as an excuse to slack off. They charted their own journeys, good on them. But as for you, while you have the ability, the capacity, the chance to study… give it your best and aspire to achieve your dreams and plans you have for your own future.

    The pursuit of knowledge is not a choice. It is incumbent on you. On all of us.

    May Allah swt protect our children and make them intelligent, learned and compassionate human beings always.

    Amin.

     

    Source: Cikgu Roszalina Rawi

  • Ex-Teacher Jailed For Tricking 13 Year Old Girl To Send Nude Photos

    Ex-Teacher Jailed For Tricking 13 Year Old Girl To Send Nude Photos

    To those who knew him, Kuang Liang Yong was a married secondary school teacher with two young children.

    But behind that respectable facade lurked a sexual predator who set out to snare naive young girls.

    He took on different personas and spun a web of lies to flatter them or gain their sympathy so that he could sexually exploit them.

    And he was patient and persistent.

    To manipulate a 13-year-old girl into sending him 57 nude photos and videos of herself, he kept in touch with her for almost two years while pretending to be an accident victim with erectile dysfunction.

    When he later turned his sights on a Primary 6 schoolgirl, who was his daughter’s schoolmate, he pretended to be a boy the same age as her.

    He never met his two victims, relying only on text messages to communicate with them.

    Kuang’s devious deeds came to light when the second girl’s father made a police report after finding out about his text messages to her.

    His mobile phone was later found to contain evidence that incriminated him over the sexual exploitation of his first victim.

    Yesterday, Kuang, 47, was jailed for 22 months after he pleaded guilty last month to three charges of getting a minor to commit an indecent act under the Children And Young Persons Act, and one count under the Protection From Harassment Act.

    Kuang, who resigned from his teaching post at Admiralty Secondary School after his arrest, was also fined $500 for disorderly behaviour towards a police officer at his home.

    ADORABLE

    Court papers said Kuang met his first victim, who cannot be named because of a gag order, in early 2012 while he was with his wife and two children at Sun Plaza shopping centre in Sembawang.

    After overhearing her tell the counter staff she had lost her mobile phone, Kuang approached her to offer his phone so she could call hers.

    But his true intention was to get her phone number.

    After his arrest, he told the authorities that he found her adorable and had taken a liking to her, despite knowing that she was only 13.

    Between February 2012 and December 2013, Kuang communicated with her via WhatsApp using the moniker “Sean Romeo”.

    The chat log between them was so long that it totalled more than 400 pages, the court heard.

    When he first contacted her, he lied that he had got her number and name from her friends, and claimed he was interested in her.

    He would chat with her about sex, telling her things like: “I want you to make love with me, forever…”

    While she said she had not even kissed a boy and intended to remain a virgin until marriage, Kuang suggested that she do sexually explicit acts, such as send him nude photos or videos of herself in the shower.

    In August 2012, he lied that a road accident had left him with erectile dysfunction and depression.

    He peppered her with messages – often lengthy ones – and their conversations grew more explicit. (See report, below, for some of his less explicit messages.)

    At some point, he told the girl that a doctor said he needed to look at photographs of young girls – particularly aged 12 to 16 – regularly to recover from his erectile dysfunction.

    She finally relented and sent him 57 nude photographs of herself and videos of her doing sexual acts, despite being uncomfortable while doing so.

    In return, he told her that he considered her his girlfriend and wife from the day she started sending him these obscene materials.

    In time, she became frustrated because she knew nothing about him.

    JAILED: Kuang Liang Yong was sentenced to 22 months’ jail. PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES

    She even visited the address where “Sean Romeo” lived, only to be told there was no such person.

    Distressed and heartbroken, she contacted Kuang and threatened to cut herself with penknives.

    The last time Kuang contacted her was on Christmas Day in 2013, when he asked her for the phone numbers of three of her female friends.

    She refused, and Kuang stopped texting her, even though she sporadically messaged him to tell him that she missed him and hoped to speak to him again.

    Two years later, his lust had found a new target, which would prove to be his downfall. (See report, right.)

    NEIGHBOUR

    When The New Paper went to his Admiralty Drive HDB flat yesterday afternoon, no one answered the door.

    A neighbour, who declined to be named, said: “He’s always very friendly, very polite… He seemed an okay person. Every time I see him with his wife and two children, they were very nice to everyone.”

    She said Kuang told her he had stopped teaching, citing health issues, about two months ago.

    “I’m just shocked,” she said.

    – Additional reporting by Joseph Lee

    Second victim was daughter’s schoolmate

    Two years after sexually exploiting a girl, Kuang Liang Yong turned his attention to a second victim.

    None of the victims can be named due to a gag order.

    In August last year, he obtained his second victim’s phone number from social networking platform Ask.fm after she replied to a question he had posted.

    Kuang went through her social media profile and discovered that she attended the same primary school as his daughter.

    He had seen the girl a few times when he picked his daughter up from school.

    Masquerading as a Primary 6 pupil, he contacted the girl via Whats­App, using the moniker “Guardian Angel”.

    Between August and September last year, Kuang persistently sent the girl lengthy text messages, telling her she was very pretty and that he loved her. He would text her throughout the day, even in the early hours of the morning.

    If she did not reply, he would lie to her that he was “on the verge of breaking down”, was heartbroken, or feeling “worse than death itself”.

    He also kept an eye out for her whenever he took his daughter to and from school.

    On Aug 27, he texted her, indicating that he might have been stalking her: “Juz reached home? Todae u took longer than usual cos u left with (a friend) around 10.43am or something like that.”

    The girl was uncomfortable with his messages because she did not know who he was.

    Her father found out about Kuang’s text messages and called Kuang’s number. When he heard a man answering the call, he was worried about his daughter’s safety.

    He made a police report on Sept 6 last year and two officers went to Kuang’s HDB flat 10 days later. When one of them asked for his mobile phone, Kuang became hostile and started shouting. He was arrested, and his phone was seized.

    Excerpts of what he said

    TO THE FIRST VICTIM:

    AUG 26, 2012:

    “I can’t walk right now… neither could I talk… Only the girl who genuinely loves me and is loved by me can help me… by showing me her sexy or nude pictures of herself.”

    (A few sentences later)

    “I’m a useless man… Can’t talk with u, can’t walk or run with u, can’t protect u… and more importantly, can’t even make love with u… how to tell u that I love u when I can’t even.”

    (A few more sentences later)

    “Remember u told me u were ready and can send me your pics bathing in the bathroom yesterday afternoon? I was so happy cos that shows how much u love me and how important I am to u.”

    SEPT 12, 2012:

    “I already lost my voice, my ability to walk (and) ability to have sex… If u don’t even want to text me… I rather die… No point no hope… Everything lost…”

    JUNE 20, 2013:

    “U said u can help n send me pics n video everyday. Perhaps u have sent n I did not receive ba. Haiz… Poor me still thinking got gal waiting for me to erect so can make love one day.”

    TO THE SECOND VICTIM:

    AUG 29, 2015:

    “U were initially wearing a PE shirt n blouse n I guess it got too warm and uncomfortable for u n u decide to just go with your shorts. U were still as stunning as ever. Though your sweat trickled down your chin, u still easily stood out as the most sporty and pretty gal amongst your group of friends.”

    SEPT 2, 2015:

    “I was like behind the wall where u stood waiting for ur parents juz now… silly me right?”

    TNP PHOTO ILLUSTRATION

    Judge: He exploited naive young girl

    He was a middle-aged secondary school teacher who masqueraded as someone else to sexually exploit a naive and ingenuous young girl.

    That was how District Judge Terence Tay described ex-teacher Kuang Liang Yong during sentencing yesterday.

    He said Kuang had persuaded his first victim, who said she had never kissed a boy before, to photograph or take a video of herself doing explicit sexual acts so he could satisfy his sexual appetite.

    He also said he was particularly disturbed that Kuang had tried to broaden his sphere of influence by asking the victim for the phone numbers of three other young girls.

    As for the second victim, the judge said the facts clearly demonstrate the premeditation and deliberate intent of Kuang’s actions, and a jail term was warranted.

    He rejected the defence’s plea for Kuang to be placed on a mandatory treatment order.

    Earlier, Deputy Public Prosecutor Amanda Chong had called for Kuang to be jailed for more than 20 months.

    She said he had embarked on a sustained campaign of deception and emotional manipulation in order to elicit the first victim’s sympathy.

    She added that the offence would have been difficult to detect if Kuang had not been nabbed for stalking the second victim.

    A Ministry of Education (MOE) spokesman said yesterday that the ministry takes a serious view of misconduct by educators, who are held to high professional standards.

    The spokesman, who was replying to The New Paper’s queries, added that anyone involved in serious misconduct would not be allowed to remain in service.

    “We have a stringent selection regime for teachers. We also have regular platforms to emphasise our high expectations. The ministry works closely with schools to safeguard the well-being of our students,” he said.

    The spokesman added that only a very small minority of the teaching force had fallen short of the expected standards.

     

    Source: www.tnp.sg

  • Juliana Johari – Satu-Satunya Guru Melayu Terima Anugerah Presiden

    Juliana Johari – Satu-Satunya Guru Melayu Terima Anugerah Presiden

    Seorang guru bahasa Melayu menerima Anugerah Presiden bagi Guru yang disampaikan oleh Presiden Tony Tan Keng Yam di Istana hari ini (1 September).

    Cik Juliana Johari dari Sekolah Rendah Qihua merupakan salah seorang daripada enam penerima anugerah tersebut.

    Mereka dipilih daripada 2,557 guru yang dicalonkan untuk anugerah tersebut pada tahun ini.

    Para penerima anugerah diiktiraf atas dedikasi mereka kepada pembangunan holistik murid-murid mereka melalui pendekatan yang inovatif.

    Sebagai peran contoh, mereka juga berkhidmat sebagai pelajar sepanjang hayat dan mentor kepada rakan-rakan sekerja mereka.

    Penerima anugerah itu dipilih oleh sebuah panel yang dipengerusikan oleh Cik Denise Phua, pengerusi Jawatankuasa Parlimen Pemerintah bagi Pendidikan.

    Source: http://berita.mediacorp.sg

  • A Resilient Pioneer: 75 Year Old Retired Teacher Wants Job, Refuses Financial Assistance

    A Resilient Pioneer: 75 Year Old Retired Teacher Wants Job, Refuses Financial Assistance

    It was almost 12 am by the time we finished tending to our 106th resident who came to seek our assistance at the meet-the people session in Marsiling. It was a very long night indeed as we started our MPS at 7pm. Although I was dead tired, one case stuck in my mind. A 75 year old retired primary school teacher came to appeal for a HDB rental flat. She is currently living in one room, which she rented from the open market, with her low IQ daughter and grandson, both of whom she’s supporting.

    She had been re-employed after her retirement by the school until recently when they no longer needed her services. Without an income, she can no longer afford the market rental and is eligible for a public rental flat. I told her that I would appeal for her but also asked her whether she needed financial assistance. She declined but asked me instead to write to another primary school that she had worked for before to enquire whether they had a vacancy for her.

    I was quite astounded by the reply of this 75 year old as I have, on a few occasions, received requests from able bodied, younger men who refused to work but was expecting financial assistance which is really meant for the needy who cannot work or support themselves. Although she had politely declined, I will still proceed to secure financial assistance for her as she deserved it. It is cases like this that gives meaning to our work.

     

    Source: Halimah Yacob

  • Gay Man Extorts $197,000 From Gay MOE Teacher After Tryst

    Gay Man Extorts $197,000 From Gay MOE Teacher After Tryst

    A 35-year-old man pleaded guilty today (Jan 12) to extorting S$197,000 in cash and other luxury goods from an older male teacher he had an affair with, by threatening to expose their trysts to the Education Ministry (MOE) and his victim’s school.

    Ng Hian Gee Vincent faces up to seven years’ jail and caning for one count of extortion. Seven similar charges will be taken into consideration when he is sentenced on Feb 15.

    Pressing for a jail term of at least four years and three to four strokes of the cane, deputy public prosecutor said the 45-year-old victim — who cannot be named due to a gag order — had suffered for about six months and his “entire life savings… gouged out by Ng”.

    After they met through an online web portal TREVVY in late August 2013, the victim invited Ng, who is married, to his house where they engaged in homosexual acts, a district court heard. According to its website, TREVVY was set up in March 1999 to connect the gay community in Singapore.

    However, the victim later asked Ng to leave as he felt uncomfortable.

    When he found out through the internet that the victim was a teacher, Ng started to blackmail him, demanded large amounts of money as “compensation” and threatened to report their relationship to authorities.

    Fearing for his reputation and job security, the victim succumbed to Ng’s threats, which persisted from September 2013 to March the next year. The court heard that Ng had succeeded in demanding, among other things, cash amounting to S$197,000 and luxury goods worth S$51,900 — including one gold pendant, one Rolex watch, one gold chain and four Chanel bags — from the victim.

    The victim made a police report only in March 2014, when he was “at his wit’s end”, said DPP Wuan.

    As Ng had gambled away the bulk of his money, he was only able to provide restitution of S$24,000 to date. He has also returned the Rolex watch, gold chain and gold pendant to the victim.

    Urging the court not to treat Ng as a first-time offender despite his clean record, DPP Wuan said the offences are aggravated by Ng’s recalcitrance.

    “Not satisfied with his ill-gotten gains when he first committed the offence, he continued to torment the victim in order to satiate his desire to gamble. An enhanced sentence is therefore warranted due to (Ng’s) recalcitrance,” he charged, adding that deterrence should be the foremost sentencing consideration in this case.

    Ng’s lawyer James Ow Yong asked for his sentence to be deferred till after the upcoming festive period so that Ng can “spend the final Chinese New Year with his mother before the inevitable”. Ng’s mother was admitted to the hospital on Jan 10 and is critically ill, the court was told.

    In mitigation, Mr Ow Yong said Ng committed the offences under “frailty of (his) state of mind” due to his failed attempt at a relationship.

    In response, DPP Ng said “frailty of mind” is no excuse for Ng’s offences, which persisted over a long time period.

    “It is trite law that personal financial hardship and ill health are not mitigating factors except in exceptional circumstances. This is no such case,” he added.

    Ng, who is unemployed, is out on a bail of S$20,000.

     

    Source: www.todayonline.com