A teacher schooled Vice Ganda via an open letter, recently.

It was triggered by a skit that aired as part of "It's Showtime."

On Twitter, the ABS-CBN star reiterated that what he said about issuing an "ordinance" banning teachers from asking students who do not raise their hands was done in character, with him parodying a bad politician as Yormeme.

He tweeted: "Tama naman po ang karamihan sa mga sinabi ninyo. Matalino po ang pagkakalahad ninyo ng argumento ninyo. Mukhang alam na alam po ninyo ang mga sinasabi nyo. Hanga po ako. Yun nga lang po at baka di nyo alam na ang 'Yormeme' ay isang RUNNING JOKE!"

Vice reiterated: "Lahat po ng sinasabi ni Yormeme ay mali. Si Yormeme ay isang huwad at magnanakaw na pulitiko. Isa syang maling tao. Sana po'y di nyo sya sineryoso."

He ended: "Kahanga hanga po ang matalino at maalam. Pero ok din po ang may sense of humor paminsan minsan."

But what did the teacher told Vice exactly.

Here it is.

"An open letter to Vice Ganda:

"Before you preach, research.

"You might have felt vindicated based on the way you justified your argument on this issue about calling students who are not raising their hands during class recitation. Let me tell you this.

"Teachers have learned different teaching strategies to maximize students’ engagement in their own classrooms. We may have learned them from spending four years in tertiary level, graduate school, own research, or even from our exposure to different teaching experiences. But no matter how we learned these techniques, we studied, researched, and immersed ourselves to efficiently deliver our lessons to our students.

"Calling students who are not raising their hands is never wrong and never will be. Let me tell you Vice, there is a technique called 'Cold Calling'. This was developed by Doug Lemov and can be found in his book 'Teach Like A Champion'. This effective strategy creates an expectation that all students are ready to answer every question. Guess what? This has been proven to promote attention, engagement, and participation. We strive to encourage active thinking in our classrooms. And it was never made to shame students. Never. We hold students accountable which I think is crucial in developing their responsibility for their own learning.

"Vice, kaya ang daming mga bata ngayon na kulang sa accountability o pananagutan. Dapat turuan natin ang ating kabataan na maging handa sa mga hamon sa buhay. At maaaring simulan ito sa loob ng silid-aralan. Hindi pagpapahiya ang tawag diyan kundi paghahanda. Maging aral din sana ito sayo na bago ka maglahad ng iyong kuru-kuro, ay dapat munang alamin mo kung may kabuluhan ba ito.

"Never invalidate others’ actions (this time- teachers’) unless otherwise you have made thorough research. Actually, pwede ka rin maging guro, you have a huge social media following. Use it wisely. Wag lang kuda ng kuda. Ika nga, before you preach, research!

"Yung lang.

"Nagmamahal,
"Isang guro na tinatawag pa rin ang mga hindi nagre-raise ng hands sa klase."

As to what exactly it was that Vice as Yormeme said then, well, here's a transcription.

"Ipagbabawal ko para sa mga guro, bawal tumawag ng estudyante sa recitation na hindi naman nagtataas ng kamay."

"Bakit ka magtatanong du'n sa estudyanteng hindi nga alam ang sagot tapos magagalit ka? Kaya nga hindi siya nagtaaas ng kamay kasi hindi niya alam. Kung hindi niya alam sabihin mo na lang. O kaya ipasabi mo yung tamang sagot sa nakakaalam. Kasi nakaka-frustrate din yun ha? Yung taas ka ng taas ng kamay tapos hindi ka pinipili."

"Nakaka-affect sa mental health ng estudyante yan e. Kasi mapapahiya ka e. Yung natawag ka tapos hindi mo alam yung sagot. Tapos mapapahiya ka, bibitbitin nila yan."

Vice also teased: "Ipagbabawal ko din na mag-exam ang mga nakapag-review."