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technically speaking my obligations ended when the last lesson was over. but once you plunge into it, you can never get out of it without worrying and thinking about your students. so the results were out, and i got calls the very next moment from my excited kids. there i was happily attending my favourite philo lessons, and there they were frantically trying to call me to tell me about their results. it was quite hilarious. well, at least they were all happy with their results, and managed to improve on their scores. teaching them was really so tiring in the end. i remember getting all panicky for 6 days out of my seven days in a week, because i was so tired of teaching, so emotionally and physically drained from lessons, so depressed when they were stagnating and not making any imorevements. whenever my doorbell rang i'd frown and curse under my breath, dreading the minute i'd have to start explaining things to them.
looking back, i was so drained, sapped of energy, just so exhausted that i was in danger of snapping and losing it anytime. i had so much work to do, so many things i wanted to complete, so many friends i wanted to go out with, but i was bound by duty to them, i couldnt just bail on them like that. it was quite ridiculous seeing that i was teaching more more than four kids before, and was only doing three kids last year and this. i just lost the spark for teaching, lost that drive, lost that spark that i had in the beginning. teaching just wreaked havoc on my entire schedule and my emotions. i really admire school teachers, it really not easy to teach, much less have to cope with all that crappy admin work, cca, events that comes with the whole package.
things are much better now that i only have a 5 year old kid to tend to on sundays now. and i want to keep things that way. i need a much needed break, a refresher.
here's to all teachers.
posted by sarangaia || 7:13 AM Saturday, November 24, 2007
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