Friday, January 16, 2009

I am a TEACHER

Being a teacher is a major commitment. Everyday, I have the opportunity to impact a child's life for the better of for the worse. The choices I make decide this feat.....will I make it a positive impact or not? What can I do to help this child? These are just a few of the responsibilities that need to be carefully considered by teachers and education professionals. This morning a colleague said to me "I don't really care, as long as I show up on time and receive my paycheck, its all okay" This breaks my heart. This is not the profession to be in if all you want is a paycheck. I would advise going to a factory or a labor-related job if all you're looking for is to collect a check. It breaks my heart for the students that have to have a teacher that has that mentality.
As you can probably tell, I am at a point of extremely high frustration. There are three of us foreign teachers and we are responsible for planning a week-long winter English camp. My other two colleagues have decided that they don't care about this camp and have left me to do all the work. Not only that, they are mocking me for taking this seriously and acting in an extremely unprofessional manner. I have prepared everything for the camp and gave them a schedule of what they are expected to do. They laughed and said we should just let them run around. If we were to let 250 students run around for 4 hours we would have mass chaos. They are mocking me for being organized and taking this seriously. I am so stressed and frustrated that this has all been put on me and my colleagues are using me to do a group project. That happened in high school, but in the business world should not happen. I am disgusted by their behavior and unprofessionalism. Luckily, I know who I am and I know where I stand. I will do this to the best of my ability, and confront them later about their unprofessional demeanor.
Too add to the already unbelievable amount of stress, I am told that some parents will attend the camp to observe and help out. So, if everything goes chaotic like I fear, I will not only be upset with my co-workers, but also humiliated in front of my students' parents.

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