In the time of COVID-19, education systems worldwide were forced to find alternatives to traditional face-to-face instructions. Online learning and virtual schools are becoming increasingly familiar terms. The shift to virtual schooling during the times when schools are closed poses numerous challenges for teachers, students and parents from all around the world.

What if that word ‘challenge’ was seen as an opportunity for growth and reflection, instead of the negative connotations we sometimes associate with this word? Has this period provided us with a catalyst to spring forward into the future, at perhaps a slightly faster pace?

“Yes, they have for now, and for the future. The virtual school experience challenged us as educators to be more agile and enabled us to provide more flexible learning opportunities,” said Ms Stephanie Miller, Deputy Head of Secondary at the British International School (BIS) Hanoi

Of all vocations, Việt Nam’s tradition places the utmost importance on two types of work that start with the word “thày”: teachers (thày giáo) and doctors (thày thuốc).

These masters have to work hard, with less remuneration and recognition. A German friend emailed to set up a meeting this Sunday, November 20, coinciding with Việt Nam’s Teachers’ Day, one of the most celebrated days in Việt Nam.

“I will be brief, as I shall have to visit my old teachers,” I said of an activity that was new to my friend.

It is natural for small children to love their primary school teachers, but for parents, it doesn't come naturally. It’s a work in progress; believe it or not, if you want your children to progress, parents and teachers must find a way to work together to steer their children in the right direction.

Over the past decade or more, a leading trend was for student-centred schools, creating an academic environment focused on student needs and desires. The roles of teachers somehow became less stressed upon or evaluated. Their work became more difficult with less recognition.

In public schools, where an excessive number of students have to fill up limited space, many teachers have to carry a small-sized loudspeaker at all times. The classroom noise makes it difficult to hear anyone. At home, you only have to listen to a few kids. Your children’s teachers must fight for a quiet moment with 40 or even more, who all need to be heard and understood.

In private schools, teachers have to cope with fussy parents who want to interfere with how their children are taught and trained. They put pressure on teachers and how they do their jobs. Some rich kids are, at times, disrespectful to their teachers.

In the media, you read about stories of teachers who became so hopeless they resorted to physical abuse of their students, leaving the parents to go into a rage and attack the teachers whom they were supposed to "love" as tradition dictates.

Understanding your children's teachers and putting yourself in their shoes may be better than trying to "love" them. Every day, in the parent-teachers report e-book, we see what happened when our kids were at school; their names were noted for not doing homework, for under-average grades, or their best grades or achievements.

As parents, we tend to like to hear about our kid's achievements and success more than anything else. Good news about our children's success at school tends to please our ears more and flatter our sense of success more than any other professional accolades.

Some of my rich friends decided to send their children to an international school because they did not want to hear about their children's shortcomings

"I hate to hear and see that the teachers have listed as my kid's wrongdoing in the Vietnamese school," one said

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