Ang Kape Ni LaTtEX

Not more than a week after the case of a student who died after being made to eat pencil shavings by her teacher, yet another teacher put her students to humiliation — and this time had the gall to defend herself.

Susana Quiambao, a Grade 6 teacher of New Mabuhay Elementary School in General Santos City, had several students undress in front of their classmates on account of low marks in an exam.

What makes my blood boil in this case, is that Quiambao claims that the issue has been blown out of proportion by the children’s parents, and that the class agreed to the punishment and the children did the act in their own volition:

Quiambao admitted to reporters that a number of students who had done poorly in recent exams had undressed in front of the class — the boys removed their pants and the girls took off their blouses. But she claimed the students did so voluntarily.

“They did it on their own volition,” Quiambao said.

She said the issue had been blown out of proportion by the parents. She said the class had agreed on the punishment and that the punishment was even educational “because the students appeared like they were just doing a fashion show.” [INQ7]

I find that kind or reasoning really disgusting.

Even if the class agreed to do such an act voluntarily, the class would have consulted the proper authority on the matter, who in this case, is non-other than Quiambao. If she even had the slightest respect for herself and her students, she would not have allowed the agreement to be made in the first place.

Second, she claims that the issue is being blown out of proportion — perhaps on the premise that these are “just kids” and them undressing in front of their classmates is no big deal. It’s tantamount to saying that it’s okay to subject children to acts of sexual nature, because no malice is involved. That sounds like the reasoning of a pedophile.

Lastly, I’m disturbed by her stating that she deemed the act of punishment “educational.” What would children possibly learn out of this? That humiliating fellow human beings is a normal thing?

If that’s how she thinks, she should undress in public as a sign of apology.
It’s disturbing that such twisted minds are tasked to mold the minds of our children. I hope the parents of the children subjected to abuse would file charges of child abuse AND pedophilia against this woman who dares call herself a teacher.