::I always thought that relief teaching was one of the best post-ORD jobs,

well, in terms of pay n hrs,

but i was awfully wrong this time.

The amount of sai gang thrown at u is endless.

TO manage kids without any prior experience can be a killer.

TO manage parents, oh well, ur worst nightmare has yet to come.

Whoever says we can zao at 1300hrs everyday is obviously lying,

or has never been in the job before.

True, we are NSFs in the teaching world,

inferior to those REGULAR teachers,

but the amount of work n expectations is definitely way above normal NSF standard.

N we are as usual, underpaid.

Before this, i always thought tt 65 bucks a day is good money for ppl like me,

but judging by the amount of work thrown at me,

we r confirmed underpaid n cheap labour.

R we paid for staying until 5 or 6 everyday to complete our work,

when we r free to leave at 1?

R we paid for bringing scripts back home to mark?

R we paid for working over the wkends, over CNY?

Not to mention the array of random arrows and saikangs.

Ppl thought tt me, who came out army as an officer,

is able to handle kids much better,

but let's face it,

STUDENTS r not MEN!

You can't juz throw xtra, confine them, charge them or do wadever u wan.

You hav to answer n find better solutions.

Also, i can drew a few similarities wif army.

Kids like to act blur,

teachers like to protect their asses.

They follow SOP strictly n do things

You also hav to protect ur ass as well.

Oh well, isn't it the same everywhere else?

All these taught me 1 thing,

you have to have the burning passion n patience needed,

in order to fight on in the world of education.

If not u'll be out of the job in a blitz.

Money was never my main motivation in joining.

If it was, i wld hav quit by now.

Trying out jobs n learning life skills r my main drive.

To see the kids grow, get better, learn new stuff n score higher grades is the biggest motivation itself.

You work not for money, not for glory, but for them.

JiaYou to all the struggling relief teachers out dere (like me)

This feels worse than when i first went to my new unit as an officer after i commissioned.::

.:Vince left his dream on 7:51 PM:.
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