Starting my blog here. Warning, I'm a total journal slacker. Had another journal somewhere, but the last time I wrote in that was in August. I'll try harder here, but don't hold your breath. Anyway, kor introduced me to livejournal so I thought I'd give it a shot.
Where shall I start? I'm currently teaching in a government primary school. I've been teacher for 6 years and 2 odd months, and I'm probably going to quit at the end of the year. I've already served my bond of 5 years, so I'm not beholden to the government or anything. Funny thing is, I never thought I'd resign. Never. When I first started, I knew many who'd joined just to get a degree, and were planning to quit the moment they had served their bond. When we went for teaching practice, I knew some who'd quit right then, without even finishing the course. Many could not afford to do so, and planned to (and did) quit after serving their four-year bond. I was so sure that this was the career for me, I even upgraded my bond from three to five years (in exchange for a scholarship). Even in my first two years of teaching, I was happy with the job. Sure, it had its frustrations, but nothing I couldn't handle. And then, three years ago in 2001, I met "The System". Actually, I had met it before, briefly, during TP, but I had defeated it then. (Yay!) This time though, it defeated me. (Boo!)
Oh boy, it got me good. I hung in there, and served my bond (and then some), and tried to see if the situation would improve. It didn't. It didn't get worse, but I am now too tired. I'm no longer enjoying myself. I dread going to work. And I find myself getting more and more bad-tempered. (Yeah, who knew that was possible?) So now I'm throwing in the towel. The only thing that's keeping me going is the knowledge that this'll be over soon.
Where shall I start? I'm currently teaching in a government primary school. I've been teacher for 6 years and 2 odd months, and I'm probably going to quit at the end of the year. I've already served my bond of 5 years, so I'm not beholden to the government or anything. Funny thing is, I never thought I'd resign. Never. When I first started, I knew many who'd joined just to get a degree, and were planning to quit the moment they had served their bond. When we went for teaching practice, I knew some who'd quit right then, without even finishing the course. Many could not afford to do so, and planned to (and did) quit after serving their four-year bond. I was so sure that this was the career for me, I even upgraded my bond from three to five years (in exchange for a scholarship). Even in my first two years of teaching, I was happy with the job. Sure, it had its frustrations, but nothing I couldn't handle. And then, three years ago in 2001, I met "The System". Actually, I had met it before, briefly, during TP, but I had defeated it then. (Yay!) This time though, it defeated me. (Boo!)
Oh boy, it got me good. I hung in there, and served my bond (and then some), and tried to see if the situation would improve. It didn't. It didn't get worse, but I am now too tired. I'm no longer enjoying myself. I dread going to work. And I find myself getting more and more bad-tempered. (Yeah, who knew that was possible?) So now I'm throwing in the towel. The only thing that's keeping me going is the knowledge that this'll be over soon.
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