ASSESSMENT 2

An “Outstanding Teacher” of the Paknaan National High School in Mandaue city is now in hot
water after she was accused by her students of letting them eat paper after they did not make what she
told them to do.
Upon learning of the incident, Josephine Babatuan, school principal, said she immediately called
the attention of the said teacher who was handling Math subject for Fourth-year students during the time
of the incident. The teacher, in her explanation to the principal, said that she told her students to do
seatwork while she went out for a while to get her medicine in another room. However, when she goes
back, the class was so noisy and most of them were not doing their seatwork. This prompted the teacher
to let her students in their papers, but she denied making them swallow it.
One of the students, in a TV interview, said that the teacher ordered them to swallow their paper in
10 minutes but since she did not do what the teacher wanted, she alleged that the teacher took a mono-
bloc chair and attempted to throw it towards her. The teacher admitted her fault but denied letting them
swallow the paper.
During the investigation, the teacher personally asked for forgiveness and was remorseful for what
she did. However, the parents refused to accept her apology and told the committee that she already filed
a case against the teacher. Benjamin Tiongzon, the administrative officer, appealed not to name the
teachers since it is stipulated under R.A 4670 the Magna Carta for Teachers wherein Section 8 states that
“Trial by publicity, shall not be given to a teacher during the pendency of the case that she is facing”. He
said that the teacher will continue teaching as DepEd we'll just wait for the order of the anti-graft office
whether to put her under preventive suspension while the case is being heard.
Babatuan also said that for the students not to be traumatized by the incident, she had the teacher
transferred to another class and another teacher is now assigned to handle the math subject of the affected
students.
In conclusion, the teacher was punished because of what she did to the students. Always remember
that every time you did something wrong, there’s an equivalent punishment waiting for you. Also, be
professional in your career and learn to control your emotions so that you will not explode as the teacher
did.

Reference:
Perolina, F. Z. 2012. Teacher makes students eat paper. Retrieved from https://www.philstar.com/cebu-
news/2012/09/22/851653/teacher-makes-students-eat-paper