Educators must lead by example


THE reaction was explosive as soon as the video went online: A university professor had been recorded berating a student from the B40 (low income) group during an online lesson for not owning a laptop.

“The price of a laptop is only RM800. What is your problem? That’s why I can’t sit with B40 people. They’re thinking more of other matters than their lessons,” she said, among other comments captured in a 108-second clip that had been viewed over 900,000 times and shared by more than 50,000 Twitter users before it was taken down on Wednesday.

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