Bad teachers in Singapore

I've know of some independent schools who had very bad teachers. The teachers are plain irresponsible from the stories told to me by my students.

Some of them do teach their students, because the quality of their students intake into the school is high, so they are deemed as 'smart'. Hence, the teachers basically just browse through the contents of the slides and considered their lessons as taught. If teachers just had to read out the slides, we don't even need a human face there - students can just use a software to read out the notes to them. Teaching someone involves a lot more than just reading out the materials.

Another bunch of them assumed that the students have tutors, so they take it that the tutors will share their workload to teach the students. When students have problems and asked their teachers to clarify some points, the teachers blatantly replied, "Go ask your tutors".

What's the point of paying higher premiums to secure a place in such schools when the teacher's quality are so deplorable? I will have some serious thinking to do when next time I have a kid and have to select which schools he/she wants to go to.

But somehow, I have to thank these bad teachers. Without them, my services will not be in such high demands. Sometimes, people have to know what is bad teaching before they appreciate what is good teaching. Ironic isn't it?