* PG Bhat, 16 Aug 2011
I teach post-graduate students as a visiting faculty in a college. Some students waste been coming late to the classes non just to my classes, but for every last(predicate) the classes. I tried different tricks, in vain, to motivate them to be punctual. This has been an irritant though the students are very well be passd otherwise.
This morning, a student was late by an hour. When I asked reasons for his coming late, he said traffic jam. I got annoyed and told, Dont give lame excuses, in front of all his class-mates and thus continued teaching.
What else can a student answer? He could give any one of some other origin reasons, which I would interpret as excuses. In this context, he could not feel satisfied me with any answer. Also, he does not have a choice not to answer and annoy me by ignoring my question.
The situation and the strain was my creation. I knew, but did not then think, that the student has no satisfactory answer. My question did not want any information, but expressed my dissatisfaction a statement is border like a question and an answer is expected. This is neither mean(a) nor does it help in retaining dignity and cordiality.
Having asked a question, I should have accepted the answer with to the full trust as an handsome answer to an Adult question.
Instead it was an ulterior transaction with me in Critical Parent ego-state and the student in over-adaptive Child ego-state. A bad cross communication that allowed me to be unhappy with him whatever his response would be.
As the student has been coming late regularly, he lacked commitment to studies. If I did not allow him in the class, he would not have minded it, but the overall impairment is not desirable. I did not so far watch in getting any positive changes by opulent consequences like denying entry to the class or deducting marks in internal assessment for such unacceptable behaviors.
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