Quit Teaching

Have you been considering the mere thought that is to quit teaching? As a teacher, I will not deny that this thought is in my mind every time I do random teacher duties like exam checking, meetings and even during lectures. But again, it has been years and I'm still attached to this profession.

Many teachers have said and it is everyone’s knowledge how small a mentor’s salary and compensation is. Even if you attained higher education, the difference is little. Compared with those working in the corporate America, the salary is indeed very low. But guess what? Despite this, there are many things you will surely love and grateful in teaching that other professions can’t deliver. Let me highlight some of the reasons why you should never quit teaching.

Reason # 1: New people. Students always enter and exit our classrooms. Each year, each semester, new students and new faces come and go. This is a regular cycle and a never ending one for teachers. Thus we get to meet new faces, discovering new personalities, and new found friends. Since our environment is so diverse and constantly evolving, we can not deny that teachers have the highest circle of fans and acquaintances. Imagine having 40 new members in your class every year or every semester. In a few years time, you can surely accumulate over a hundred. Moreover, some of these students will never cease to forget you and continuously regarded you as one of their educators.

Reason # 2: Unique profession. It has been said in history that teaching is the noblest profession of all. This is undoubtedly true. Teachers are given a task to mold children into what they want and what they can do. Students are allowing their mentors to change them into someone suitable for the society. Teachers are responsible for other professions such as doctors, engineers, scientists and more. Without them, other professions would just die. Great men and women in history are well known teachers. A few instances are our great philosophers and even icons in religion. They impart knowledge to others. And that has created wise and intelligent people on earth for countless generations.

Reason # 3: Dynamic environment. While we teach the same subject over and over again, educators are always finding ways to improve this skill. There is a constant challenge to learn more and learn something new. Our job is not fixed, we must change our way of teaching to tap the new generation of students. Even our audience change as well. Therefore, we must be ready to digest new information and more knowledge to improve the profession. This makes it very difficult yet challenging at the same time. Our work is not routinely and stagnant. We have seminars from time to time, new editions of books to read, new conferences to make, and new students to listen.

These are only a handful of ideas over a pool of many that makes teaching so nice. These main reasons alone are enough to continue teaching despite the low wages and compensation. In the twilight of our lives, we will not be counting how much we've earned or spent, but how many lives we had touched. Knowing that, will you still pursue the thought to quit teaching?

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