'Time Pass' Job
Ok. So, I do what people think females do when they fail to do anything else- teach. I teach, I am a teacher. Perceptions are hard to change so I have also given up trying to change my husband’s outlook towards my job- he works and earns and I just teach. On a serious note, contrary to the widespread popular perception that teaching is a time pass job; it is a very difficult job. Your working hours do not end with the school getting over for the day. You come back home, you have notebooks to check, test paper to set, lesson plans to design, activities to plan and what not. And since for your family, teaching is not a serious job, you have to take care of the house, cook for the clan, tolerate the tantrums of own kids, go shopping for grocery or veggies and God forbid if some family function or unavoidable get together comes up. I do this day in and day out not because I need or want money, but because the absolute wonder that flashes on a student’s face when he grasps a tough c...