| Have you been considering the decision to quit | | | | most noble profession of all. Indeed it is true. You |
| teaching? As a teacher, this thought goes around | | | | have been given a task to mold children into what |
| in my mind every time I check exams, attend an | | | | they want and what they can be. They are |
| administration meeting, or try learning a new task. | | | | allowing you to change and carve them into a |
| But then again, it has been years, and I am still | | | | form suitable for society. Teachers are |
| hooked on it. | | | | responsible for other professions like doctors, |
| Many teachers have noted and even stressed | | | | engineers, scientists and the like. Without them, |
| how small the salary of a teacher is - even if you | | | | other professions would not exist. Great men and |
| have your masters degree or even doctorate | | | | women in history are teachers. They imparted |
| degree. Compared to those who work in | | | | their knowledge to others. And that has created |
| Corporate America, your salary as a teacher reall | | | | many beautiful reward on earth. |
| is very low. But guess what? In spite of this, | | | | Reason #3: Dynamic environment. Even when |
| there are some things you will really love about | | | | teaching the same subject, educators always find |
| teaching that you just can't find anywhere else. | | | | themselves imparting new lessons and topics to |
| Allow me to stress some reasons why not to | | | | their students. There is a constant challenge to |
| quit teaching. | | | | improve and learn more. Our job is not stationary, |
| Reason #1: Meeting new people. Students come | | | | for we need to change our ways of teaching to |
| and go. Every year, every semester, new | | | | suit the new generation of learners. Therefore, |
| students walk into your classroom. This is a | | | | we are always digesting information and more |
| regular cycle, and a blessing for any teacher | | | | knowledge to improve the profession. This makes |
| because you get to know new faces, discover | | | | it very challenging. Additionally, our job is not |
| new personalities, and gain new friends. Since our | | | | routine and boring like other work. We have |
| environment is so diverse and in constant change, | | | | seminars every now and then, new book editions |
| we can't deny that teachers have the largest | | | | to read, new lectures to deliver, and new |
| circle of fans and friends. Imagine having 40 new | | | | students to talk to. |
| members in your class every year or every | | | | These are only a handful of ideas that make |
| semester. Over a few years, that becomes a | | | | teaching so nice, and they are core reasons for |
| few hundred - and much more when you stay | | | | any teachers to stick with it in spite of the low |
| even longer in the profession. Even more so, | | | | salary and compensation. At the twilight of our |
| some of these students will never forget you and | | | | lives, we will not be counting how much we |
| will continuously consider you as one of their | | | | earned or invested, but instead how many lives |
| teachers. | | | | we affected and changed. Knowing that, will you |
| Reason #2: Profession like no other. It has been | | | | still quit teaching? |
| said in history and by the wise that teaching is the | | | | |