When I tell people that I teach in an elementary school, people react either with shock or pity. It looks like I have chosen this path because I dont want to take up a serious career or that I couldn't get a better job. Most people don't believe when I say that I really enjoy it and want to be a teacher by choice. And what's worse is that it looks like I have wasted my qualifications by choosing to teach. All this, because teaching as a career does not seem as lucrative as the other professions, although the amount of work one puts in is by no means less. As the economy improves and job prospects increase and people turn their attention towards professions that pay more, seem high profile, and command more respect. Infact, there is such a shortage of good quality teachers in our country that we almost have no role models in the teaching profession to look up to. It is a sad stae of affairs and it proves that for all our lip service about improving and giving the b...
Random musings of a wandering mind...