Teenager Nowadays

Yesterday, I had my first class at a Tuition centre after having a year off without teaching. Ya, being a teacher are my passion but now I guess I pretty much need a part time job just to keep me busy. Hee~ Being busy keeps my mind off from “other” things.

Currently I have to teach form 1 Bahasa Melayu. Frankly speaking, I rather teach students from primary school instead of secondary students. Not that I have anything against them, I just prefer to teach younger student as they are more obedient than students in secondary school. I had a quite difficulty last night on handling my students. Well, I am not prone to be a garang teacher as I want them to have a comfortable learning experience. But knowing kids nowadays, you just have to rise up your voice then eventually they will listen up to you. I guess that is part of the challenge that you have to face in order to become a teacher. Definitely not easy my friend.

I consider myself not too old even though yes, I am old..but hey…yg penting hati ini masih muda. LOL~ I saw several other students last night from different classes and if I am not mistaken, they are those teens yg age around 14 – 16 years old. It is amazing to hear them actually talking in English. They seem so mature than their age. When I was at their age, I guess I still look like a 12 years old kid. By mature what I mean is by the way they talk and the way they act is so beyond their age. I do think what I saw last night is not a teenagers cause they almost seem like near to my age.

Actually, at first I was surprised by the way they talk. Back in those days, when I talk to my friends, I use “saya” or “kita” , “awak” as a kata nama. But these day, teenagers talk like us the adults, no more those innocent kata nama, nowadays..cakap with friends pun use “I” and “you”. I was a bit in awe last night.

But my biggest concern here is the way they act or behave. Seriously, I am no longer surprise with all those cases where teenagers at the age of 15years old got pregnant out of wedlock. Take a good look on how they behave among friends including their male friends. When I was still in secondary school, my relationship with boys are quite distance and to tell you the truth, I start to get close with boys when I was in UTM. Sebab itu I is pelik when I saw how callously they are in being friendly with male friends. I mean, they are too young to actually involve themselves in such things. I think that is why nowadays it is compulsory for all secondary female students to have HPV injections to prevent themselves from having a cervical cancer. By the thought of that, I am simply scared for my sister. I am afraid if she accidently befriend with wrong click.

It is sad to see what have become to our teenagers nowadays, who’s to blame?? Most people put all the blame on technology but if you think carefully, it is us the adult people whom provide them with such info. We can never stop them from using technologies but the best solution is to monitor your kinds/teenagers activity. To me those FB/TWITTER and other social web are not applicable for teenagers because social webs are contagious. They are like viruses that soon become a disease to teenagers nowadays. And more excess to the internet means our teenagers are continuously becoming corrupted.

Perhaps my opinions are a bit harsh. Well, sorry to say…back in my days, even without FB/TWITTER, we turn out to be just fine and I can say we are much more responsible then teenagers nowadays. We learn from Robophone to Iphone and from picit screen to touch screen.

I do hope adults out there do take responsibility on shaping up your children. Having kids is not easy but raising kids are tougher. Sama-samalah kita renungkan dan sama-samalah we try to educate our next generation to become our next leader. Our nation is depends on them.


p/s: My mum said, the best way to raise a child is to educate them with religion knowledge dari kecil, insyaallah anak itu mudah mendengar kata. Ini pesanan untuk diri sendiri juga..^_^