Before the rise of social media, the thought of bumping into our schoolteachers outside the classroom such as at the supermarket may be a nerve-wracking thought. However, during the pandemic, many teachers started joining TikTok to communicate with their students as they could not meet in person.

Arguably one of Malaysia’s most famous teacher-influencer is 26-year-old Ting Shi Qi, better known to her followers as ‘qiwiie’. The ‘edu-famous teacher’ found herself in hot water when her video where she filmed herself ‘spot-checking’ her students' bags received widespread criticism from online users.