What are we teaching our children?


THIS is my sixth year as an academic with a local public university, where as part of the job I am required to teach. I must admit that it is not my first choice of profession, but as I learnt over the years, “those who do, teach”.

A few days before Teacher’s Day this year, a remarkable woman who is one of my teachers, Siti Kasim, shared photos that went viral.

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Opinion , Lyana Khairuddin , columnist

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