i've been hearing a lot of ppl talking abt this article which was published saying that teachers r really really stressed up. i haven even seen the article yet but it seems like everyone knows abt it!! ok i know it's my fault. coz i totally dont read the news unless something really big happens. but anyway some of my frens/colleagues were discussing it. some ppl get really turned off because of this. like saying that teachers have no work-life balance. but i think to have a work-life balance is really up to u. not just teachers. some ppl r just workaholics without work-life balance. it doesnt just apply to the teaching industry.
it's quite true that teachers have a lot of stuff to do like admin + teaching + welfare. but not everyone stays in sch till 10pm everyday and do work right. i think those r the minority. of coz marking takes up a lot of time and cca and all sorts of thing. but it will not take up all of ur free time. i think ppl keep saying teachers have no life because a lot of teachers r really passionate abt teaching. so they devote a lot of energy and time to it. a lot more than required hence resulting in no work-life balance. actually there r a lot of teachers who have a lot of time. it's just up to the individual. maybe teachers can be really passionate abt their job because it's really quite a noble career. like having to put up with all the students and teaching. ok it can be quite fulfilling if ur students turn out really good. so i think that's why a lot of teachers put their heart and soul into their jobs, so as to see their student excel. that's sort of like their life and u cannot say they have no work-life balance because they r putting effort into their lives ok!!
i think i sound a bit confusing but...... nvm. the really bad thing abt being a teacher i think is that u will really get high blood pressure + wrinkles at a really young age. a lot of my colleagues were like saying that it's really hard to control ur emotions in the classroom. especially if u r in a bad mood. just little things that the students do make u really angry. and sometimes the students really do retarded things i tell u. so ur emotions will go up and down like a roller coaster. cannot fully control at all because it all depends on what the student is doing.
and i tell u scolding ppl is really tiring!!! it really drains the energy out of a person. coz u have to shout, get angry and think of the words to say. yar. it's really really tiring for me. i hate scolding students. and i heard a lot of teachers say this when i was a student. i didnt really believe it then because i think they r just sadistic and enjoy scolding us that's why they keep shouting at us. now then i know why they totally hate scolding ppl. me tooooo i tell u! it's seriously worst than running or any form of exercise. it's like u can feel ur whole blood pressure rising and it's not a very wonderful feeling to be angry all the time. i feel so sad for those angry ppl who hate their life. they must be feeling really terrible! but anyway what i want to say is that it's really hard for teachers to control their emotions and hence they will get sick all the time. u know when u dont have a constant mood u will fall ill. so it's really sad ok.
no wonder nowadays i've been getting sick very often. and i get irritated by ppl very easily. it's not the students. it's just normal ppl. because these ppl r like not children and i will think that they r able to get stuff without having me repeat and repeat and treating them like kids. but a lot of ppl just dont get it that's why i get seriously irritated. i'm becoming a moody person!! :( sad right. learning how to control ur emotions in a classroom really takes years of practise!
and i realised i just missed an opportunity!!!! coz i totally didnt realise it in the past and now when i suddenly rmb it's really sadzzzz. nvm. life is full of regrets. but just dont take them too seriously. even if u have a regret now u can rectify it with other chances that r happening in the future so be happy that u will still have future chances to not regret ur life!!
okkk i wanna go back to watching my show. have been watching glee and i think it's really really nice!!! quite interesting. a bit high school musical-ish but i really like it. it's hilarious!!!
now the story's played out like this, just like a paperback novel
it's quite true that teachers have a lot of stuff to do like admin + teaching + welfare. but not everyone stays in sch till 10pm everyday and do work right. i think those r the minority. of coz marking takes up a lot of time and cca and all sorts of thing. but it will not take up all of ur free time. i think ppl keep saying teachers have no life because a lot of teachers r really passionate abt teaching. so they devote a lot of energy and time to it. a lot more than required hence resulting in no work-life balance. actually there r a lot of teachers who have a lot of time. it's just up to the individual. maybe teachers can be really passionate abt their job because it's really quite a noble career. like having to put up with all the students and teaching. ok it can be quite fulfilling if ur students turn out really good. so i think that's why a lot of teachers put their heart and soul into their jobs, so as to see their student excel. that's sort of like their life and u cannot say they have no work-life balance because they r putting effort into their lives ok!!
i think i sound a bit confusing but...... nvm. the really bad thing abt being a teacher i think is that u will really get high blood pressure + wrinkles at a really young age. a lot of my colleagues were like saying that it's really hard to control ur emotions in the classroom. especially if u r in a bad mood. just little things that the students do make u really angry. and sometimes the students really do retarded things i tell u. so ur emotions will go up and down like a roller coaster. cannot fully control at all because it all depends on what the student is doing.
and i tell u scolding ppl is really tiring!!! it really drains the energy out of a person. coz u have to shout, get angry and think of the words to say. yar. it's really really tiring for me. i hate scolding students. and i heard a lot of teachers say this when i was a student. i didnt really believe it then because i think they r just sadistic and enjoy scolding us that's why they keep shouting at us. now then i know why they totally hate scolding ppl. me tooooo i tell u! it's seriously worst than running or any form of exercise. it's like u can feel ur whole blood pressure rising and it's not a very wonderful feeling to be angry all the time. i feel so sad for those angry ppl who hate their life. they must be feeling really terrible! but anyway what i want to say is that it's really hard for teachers to control their emotions and hence they will get sick all the time. u know when u dont have a constant mood u will fall ill. so it's really sad ok.
no wonder nowadays i've been getting sick very often. and i get irritated by ppl very easily. it's not the students. it's just normal ppl. because these ppl r like not children and i will think that they r able to get stuff without having me repeat and repeat and treating them like kids. but a lot of ppl just dont get it that's why i get seriously irritated. i'm becoming a moody person!! :( sad right. learning how to control ur emotions in a classroom really takes years of practise!
and i realised i just missed an opportunity!!!! coz i totally didnt realise it in the past and now when i suddenly rmb it's really sadzzzz. nvm. life is full of regrets. but just dont take them too seriously. even if u have a regret now u can rectify it with other chances that r happening in the future so be happy that u will still have future chances to not regret ur life!!
okkk i wanna go back to watching my show. have been watching glee and i think it's really really nice!!! quite interesting. a bit high school musical-ish but i really like it. it's hilarious!!!
now the story's played out like this, just like a paperback novel
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