Pupils interviewing teachers for jobs and promotion

From The Times
April 3, 2010
Pupils interviewing teachers for jobs and promotion

This is an article in The Times. The idea is that students should decide if a teacher is good, presumably by the amount of candy they give out.

"One teacher found out that her pupils had been asked to fill out a questionnaire on her performance only because they were so excited about receiving chocolate cake as a reward they could not keep quiet."

"One teacher applying for an internal promotion told the union that a student on her interview panel told her afterwards he was going to grade her low, because she recently gave him a detention."

This is happening in Hong Kong in a way. If the parents do not like the teacher they complain and the teacher has to find a new job. This used to happen often in Taiwan.

This is a bit like asking a patient if they liked the doctor's medicine. If it tastes bad, well that doctor had better find a new job.

I wonder what they will think of next.