Avalon

Musings

Friday, February 08, 2008

Teaching is seriously not a bad profession. Now this is formal. Not that I have made a decision or affirmed my resolution. But teaching is not bad,

IF

1. You don't mind having high blood pressure.
2. You don't mind being emotionally and physically drained by BOTH those who are younger and older than you. (the former are the supposed clients and the latter the boss...)
3. You don't mind bringing work back home.
4. You don't mind upgrading yourself now and then by going on course as part of the measures implemented to move towards a KBE
5. You don't mind accepting the fact that school is not just a school, but can instantly be turned into a CORPORATION, whereby the top of the foodchain can be given the honourary title of CEO
6. You are already flipping through your copy of Sunzi's Art of War..
7. You don't mind being reminded how old u are and this only gets WORST as the years go by
8. You don't mind taking on the roles of shepherd and babysitter more often than not.

9. You have infinite patience and simply the nerve to deal with generation after generation of adolescents who only have one similarity: the hormones rage within all of them.. (and that really complicates things and ultimately your job)

Envoy of the Stars @ 11:30 PM
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