Monday, August 14, 2006
slave labor is difficult to come by
today is monday. i have once again begun the first day of my practical teaching component to complete the diploma in education course. basically, this translates to- i am doing the time to get the paper. then i can be a paid teacher in this country.
the negative side to all this is the fact that i basically work full time over these weeks and get no pay out of it. this makes life more challenging as i am not able to work or have an income from another source. you can do the math here. thus, we are chomping into our savings to survive. i am too buggered after a day in the classroom to get my head and body around finding another job. then there is the weekend. life is too short. i know for a fact, as i have learned this lesson not once, but twice now.
i figure working for free to become a teacher is like volunteer work for a field of work you have an interest in. afterall, thousands of teachers have come before me. they have had to suffer just as i am, without the financial compensation. so now, i too, am getting "jumped in" just so i can join the ranks of educators across the globe. if i put any more meaning into this, and didn't just sit back and have a laugh about it (because the whole thing is farcical) i would have the potential to becoming a disgruntled teacher even before i began. the thought of that is even funnier.
yes, i survived the first day back. can i do another 29 days? piece of cake.
the negative side to all this is the fact that i basically work full time over these weeks and get no pay out of it. this makes life more challenging as i am not able to work or have an income from another source. you can do the math here. thus, we are chomping into our savings to survive. i am too buggered after a day in the classroom to get my head and body around finding another job. then there is the weekend. life is too short. i know for a fact, as i have learned this lesson not once, but twice now.
i figure working for free to become a teacher is like volunteer work for a field of work you have an interest in. afterall, thousands of teachers have come before me. they have had to suffer just as i am, without the financial compensation. so now, i too, am getting "jumped in" just so i can join the ranks of educators across the globe. if i put any more meaning into this, and didn't just sit back and have a laugh about it (because the whole thing is farcical) i would have the potential to becoming a disgruntled teacher even before i began. the thought of that is even funnier.
yes, i survived the first day back. can i do another 29 days? piece of cake.
