07/10/2024
Parents often sit on the outside and judge the easy job we have as educators....little do they know and understand our daily struggles.
Most classrooms - there are 30 plus students....to one educator....with a myriad of tasks we are mandated to do, countless interruptions...30 minutes to do it, lack of support and inadequate work spaces with a great lack of tools...(which we often supply ourselves), on top of trying to reach each child so that they see the beauty in learning. Teaching is a calling that requires us to play a myriad of roles, to use our multitude of skills, to be able to communicate, collaborate, comfort, guide, motivate, counsel, and interact with all our students, whilst trying to open their minds to new ideas and teaching them to understand and apply the new knowledge. I must not forget the endless mandated and unnecessary paperwork and the unfair assessments and criteria we need to meet set by people who have no idea what it is to be an educator.
Teaching is like a one man circus really... The educator must simultaneously keep in time with the music, walk a tightrope whilst juggling plates, cups, balls and swords, skip a rope, jump through fire hoops, do trapeze acts, take down notes, and evaluate, whilst ensuring our viewers are safe, entertained, and are able to learn all the tricks. Ah but those smiles of wonder, and those faces when they discover or solve something....so precious - are every educator's reward and motivation 🥰🙏💞 Master- Quest -Tutors
