I heard from one of my administrators before, she said "We're losing our high caliber teachers and we have no choice but to hire another one. " Only to learn that the head of the Math department resign because of a position waiting for her in New Jersey. When I lined up in the embassy for my interview, I happened to befriend 6 teachers working for their way to another country. And thinking of how many people lining up in the embassy each day. The country is now losing its teachers. The noble profession is now in demand abroad!
There is no profession as noble as being a teacher as they say. I truly believe on this not of being in the same shoe nor of having been a teacher for 10 years, but the fact that when you're a teacher no matter what, you will always advise your students to do what is good for them because that is what you are here for. You teach students beyond the academics, and it is not enough to tell them what are in their books instead, telling them the importance of these informations in their future. I think this is a universal principle of being a teacher.
I am actually saying on the perspective of my country of origin, and perhaps nobody would contradict to the idea regarding the underlying role of a teacher aside from making lesson plans and encoding grades and scheduling parent conferences. Personally, my veins were already adjusted to the yearlong routines of getting up early and sleeping late at night to prepare for the next day. It is not an issue at all. In fact, I am preparing plans for the big mid-term exam coming this January, that I am so worried about because I am not sure if my students can still remember our lessons after the 3 weeks holiday. (The worries are not included in the pay...)
Who can justify the amount in the paycheck received by a teacher? I've got a friend from Botswana that I worked with for a year and now he is in England teaching science to middle schoolers. I failed to ask him the same question but I anticipate for the same answer in my head. It is now becoming a worldwide trend that teachers are moving out of country to work to a foriegn land. Usually, when asked why its because of getting a good experience that could highlight resume in the future. But I happened to ask about how they're payed in their country, all of them brought out the same reason. My phone rang one morning of May and it was my friend who teaches Math in NC and told me she wanted to move to my district because we are highly payed. I was surprised by the idea, but then I thought it must be true.
My realization, wherever you are in the globe, teaching is still a noble profession. So bad that we have to deny the figure in the paycheck but that's how it is and to me now, I am just proud I am a teacher.
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