VietNamNet Bridge – The parents who have children going to primary schools in HCM City have been trying to “go through back doors” angle for high positions in the classes for their children.

A teacher of a primary school in district 4 in HCM City said she has fallen into an embarrassing situation. A parent came to see her and asked her to appoint his son as the monitor of the class.

The man said the child was fluent in speech, clever and he learned very well, therefore, he deserved to be a monitor of the class. If the child can become the monitor, he would be able to promote his good characteristics.

“I tried to explain to him that these were the wonderful virtues of the child, but these were not enough to become a monitor,” the teacher said.

“I also tried to explain to him that if he has an unreasonably high opinion of the child, the boy would become presumptuous, which is really not good for anyone,” she added.

In an effort to calm down the parent, the teacher said to him that she would only appoint the monitor after a couple of weeks, when she understands more about the students’ personalities and abilities.

“I’ll try to find out who has the necessary characteristics to become a monitor. Learning well is not enough to be a leader,” she said.

How to win the race for the high positions in classes for children is now a hot topic on education forum. The parents, who join the forums, affirmed that the race is in no way less tense than the race for the “star” schools.

Nhung, whose daughter is a third grader of a primary school in district 5, said the girl is shy and afraid of making present before the crowd, therefore, she wants her to be a monitor to make good her shortcomings.

However, Nhung complained that the post of monitor has always been given to the son or daughter of the head of the class’ parents’ association, the students with good learning capability, or those, who were the monitors at the lower grades.

The teacher then told Nhung that the post of monitor is not suitable to her daughter. However, as Nhung still insisted on the post, the teacher decided to appoint the girl as the team of a group, who is in charge of verifying if the classmates in the same group wear uniform and do home works.

A teacher of a secondary school in district 3 complained that some parents have “haggled” for the posts of monitor.

“They frankly said to me that they would donate money and give financial support to help upgrade the school if we let their children to take the post of monitor,” she said.

The race for the high posts at classes not only has made students excited, but also put their parents on tenterhooks.

Trang, a parent in district 1 said at first, she did not care about this, and thought that it would be better to let the child grow up naturally. However, since the other parents all have joined the race, Trang has changed her mind, thinking that she should not be an outsider.

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