Discussion 1: Examine the picture of the school principal, Ms. Trunchbull. Compare to what you are being taught about being a caring, responsible, critically reflective and accountable teacher who should support learning in diverse educational contexts to the aggressive displays by Ms. Trunchbull.

Core business of the school is to provide learners with a rich learning environment that is open, respectful, caring and safe. This type of learning environment optimizes the well-being of leaners. School should be exciting, stimulating and welcoming place. Teachers need to be more welcoming and approachable, learners need not to be afraid of their teachers. Learners should not be afraid of their teachers or principal but they have to respect them as their elders for the culture of teaching and learning to be conducive. All the above mentioned did not apply within Ms. Trunchbull’s school.

Examining the picture Ms. Trunchbull is unfairly disciplining one of her learners, the reason I say she is unfairly disciplining her, she lifted the learner with her pigtails and swung the learner several times in the air before throwing her. No civilized parent could do that to his or her children no matter how angry they are unless they are cruel and not thinking straight. Worse thing a principal doing that to one of her learners.  Ms. Trunchbull is not a caring, responsible, critically reflective and accountable teacher. She does not care with the well-being of the learners.  The way she punishes her learners is very unacceptable shows no signs of caring and accountability.

A caring, responsible, critically and accountable teacher is the one that bring out the best in her learners through encouragement and affirmation above all she must have love and care for her learners. She or he needs to have a good relationship with her so that her learners could feel safe around her. Ms. Trunchbull is a big, terrifying and fierce monster, she uses her power as a headmistress, both the learners and the teachers are afraid of her because she is rude and bossy. Ms. Trunchbull has the totally opposite characteristics of a caring teacher.

Ms. Trunchbull need to be accountable and critical reflective. What she is putting the learners through is unacceptable. Children need to be loved and they need to feel loved and cared for. Ms. Trunchbull should be the one protecting the learners not the other way around.