RE: "Former Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) principal Dr Ong Teck Chin has been found to have behaved inappropriately towards a male teacher"
Thursday, November 25, 2010
After reading this article, I feel that Dr Ong Teck Chin, the principal of Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) should be ashamed of himself. From the article, Dr Ong behaved inappropriately to the male teacher, Mr Mark Richie Tan. Dr Ong not only made Mr Tan a victim of his inappropriate behavior, he also made one wonder whether he had abused his authority as a principal to offer the new position “director in principal’s office” to Mr Tan.
But after carefully thinking through, I feel that Mr Tan was also someone who is of suspicion. To me, the whole matter was not only Dr Ong that was to blame. It made me wonder why Dr Ong would even promote Mr Tan last September, if Mr Tan had not agreed to perform any inappropriate act with Dr Ong. If Mr Tan had rejected Dr Ong in the first place, not doing what Dr Ong had asked him to, I feel that Dr Ong would not even promote him.
Therefore, this whole matter to me is not as simple as it seems. I feel that when the news of this incident broke out, both parties would not stand to benefit. Dr Ong would be unable to face his fellow students and teachers anymore. For Mr Tan he would also not be able to concentrate teaching as this incident might have affected him emotionally.
Therefore in conclusion, I feel that one being a principal and the other being a teacher, they should make students look up to them. Instead of doing so, they make public headlines for the wrong reason. This would definitely affect the school’s reputation.
Hence after this incident, I sincerely hope that no matter whom the next principal may be, he or she would be able to be a good role model for the students. Anglo-Chinese (Independent) would also bounce back from this incident, to become the preferred choice for education.