Life works in mysterious ways. When we grow up we have all these hopes and dreams of what we want to achieve in life. The fact is that we have absolutely NO control about what happens in our lives. I have always believed that we are exactly where we are supposed to be in life and it doesn't matter how hard we try to change things, things ALWAYS work out the way they are supposed to.
I grew up in a school environment. My dad was a schoolteacher and later became a principal, so we were used to being at school. He used to be a very dedicated teacher and I believe that he was the best principal ever. He was involved with his teachers and he was involved with the kids. You would never find him in his office because he was always somewhere in a class or outside on the playground.
I followed in my dad's footsteps and also became a teacher.
To become a teacher was one of the MOST eye-opening experiences in my life. Since that very first day, I knew that I was in the right place. It was hard in the beginning to see myself as a teacher, but as time went on, I gradually got used to the idea of seeing myself in the shoes of an educator. It was now up to me to change the lives of these kids. I was now responsible for these kids.
I am a very open minded person, and therefore I am very open minded teacher. I learned to read these kids mind's without them even saying anything. I got to know my kids , and I became very good and seeking out the lost kids...you know there are many of those everywhere, and I believe with a little bit of help and understanding these kids can achieve great things.
I always had a teacher's pet, and it was usually the naughtiest one in the class. I will never forget one little girl who came into my class, and every time I turned my back towards the board, she would slip in under my table. She would sit there for the whole period and do her work under my table. If she was comfortable writing on the floor so let it be.
Some teachers freaked out because she misbehaved but in my opinion I did not have any issues with her behavior. What does it really matter if you sit at a table or on the floor, as long as the work is done!
I have build up great relationships with many of my students and even today, still have contact with MANY of them. Some of them are in great professions now, and the mere fact that I had a little bit of influence over their lives and the way they turned out, gives me great satisfaction.
I believe that if I stand in front of the class I am responsible for each and every one of these students. I become their mother and like in the picture above I have been called MOM many times by accident, but I don't mind.....because if their own mother is not there then I am actually their mom.
I have also seen very sad things during my teaching career that I will write about in later posts, but honestly to be a teacher is one of the most rewarding and satisfying careers that anyone can have. I can't see myself doing anything else, although I believe that if you are a teacher you can actually be anything else too...
A teacher is a combined profession that consists of all of the following.
- Nursing
- Psychology
- Psychiatry(sometimes to our co-workers)
- Social worker
- Parent
- Accountant ( To try and survive on small salaries)
But all of the above doesn't matter to me. I did not become a teacher to become rich (although I believe that we deserve double our salaries) I became a teacher to help change the world. Even if I only have the opportunity to touch a few lives in my lifetime, I know that I have made a difference in this world.
Then came Steemit!
Steemit has given me the opportunity to send my son to university. Up to now, I have used only some of my Steempower as well as my SBD payouts to send my son to study. Coincidental- he is also studying to become a teacher and you can support him on his own account @brotherbear
What a wonderful opportunity is this to say that I have not had to make ONE single loan and that all his fees are paid up to date with the help of my income on steemit! I will be forever grateful for @ned and @dan who came up with this extremely great concept to create this platform.
We have recently opened up a second account called @steemiteducation. This account was created solely for the promotion of education on the steemit platform. I contacted more educators on the platform and they agreed to help. We are gradually building up this account but we do need your support.
If you are a teacher and you need to create a second income, you now have the opportunity to take part in this wonderful experiment. All you have to do is to write educational content or create a post that can be used as a educational resource that can be used in a classroom. You just use the steemiteducation tag and paste the link in one of our daily posts and we will make sure to resteem your post for more exposure.
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