In many instances, even after beginning to work, I found that less-qualified and newly arrived, but white, teachers received priority in terms of allocation of classes and scheduling. We have to look beyond appearances and look at the quality of the teaching. H. Tseng Hsichih Parents are to be commended for wanting only the best for their children. On top of that, I am a qualified English teacher, with three degrees and twelve years of teaching experience. With such a pedigree, I do not, cannot and will not stand back and allow laymen and ignorant people deem and judge me unsuitable to teach their children or to fill an English position.
Education entails more than merely pumping facts into a mind.
It also involves teaching children about the rainbow of differences among the people who make our world. So,the mother quoted in the article was correct in saying she wanted her children to come into contact with foreigners. It is a pity and a shame that parents always bequeath their prejudices and uninformed views to their children. I hope by being taught by different looking and sounding teachers, Taiwanese children will learn more than English, but also that the world is truly a kaleidoscope of amazing diversities. Maybe they can then teach their parents a thing or two about reality.