Being a teacher is no doubt a challenging job. From having to deal with problematic students to marking endless amounts of assignments and exam papers, it takes a lot of grit and determination not to give up.
A Malaysian teacher recently shared an amusing video of him reacting to some absolutely mind-blowing ‘Gen Z’ answers written by his students for their assignment, where he said he “wasn’t prepared for it at all”.
M’sian teacher stunned by ‘Gen Z’ answers by students
In the 57-second TikTok clip, the teacher who went by the username @eaiinotez began the video by saying that he felt the current batch of students were getting “worse and more stupid”.
To back up his claim, he showed viewers an assignment paper which was submitted by a secondary school student and the answers which were written on it.
The first question came with the picture of a bat, where it asked students to ‘state two characteristics for the animal shown in Picture 1’.
In response, the student wrote ‘Kovid 19’ (Covid-19) and ‘can fly’ as the answers, leaving the teacher to call it “mind-blowing”.
The teacher then showed another assignment, where students were tasked with completing a conversation with a sentence.
In one of the questions, the question gave ‘Can I watch the television now? I’ve completed my homework’ as a starter.
To the teacher’s shock, the student wrote ‘Pooja, what is this behavior?’ instead.
For those who don’t know the reference behind this phrase, its origins can be traced back to a moment where two women got into a fight in an episode of an Indian reality show, where it later became a viral meme.
These answers were more than enough to drive the poor teacher crazy, where he jokingly pleaded the authorities to bring back the abolished Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR) exam.
‘Bring back UPSR & PT3!’
The clip, which has since garnered more than 530,000 views at the time of writing, saw netizens expressing shock over the students’ answers.
Some supported the teacher’s plea to bring back UPSR and PT3, adding that such answers were a cause of concern for Malaysia’s education system.
Another suggested that schools should reinstate the practice of caning misbehaving and underperforming students so that they will take their assignments more seriously.
Another shared how his student wrote ‘Parameswara’ when asked to give an examples of an unicellular organism. Spoiler: the correct answer was ‘paramecium’.
Watch the video here:
@eaiisnotez PLEASEREEEE I M NOT READY FOR THIS #school #malaysia #malaysian #upsr #education #spm ♬ original sound – eai
What would be your reaction if your students gave such answers? Let us know in the comments!
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