Nothing can be more rewarding than entering a career suddenly that not only satisfies you and makes you happy but also encourages you to keep working!
My story of entering teaching is an accidental one. I joined my first job as a teacher after completing college just because I desperately needed a job at that point of time to fulfil the daily needs of my family. I landed in the Pupil Tree School in Bellary which believed in the philosophy, “happy children learn better.” I think that was the turning point for me. It gave me the push to continue my career in the field of teaching.
Now, I feel teaching is not just a 9 to 5 job but far beyond it. If you look at the definition of a job, it is the work that you do regularly to earn money. But teaching is not only about earning money, it is about putting your heart and mind together for the betterment of the children. It is always challenging to take care of each and every child present in the classroom but that’s what a diverse classroom will ask of you!
I feel the most important quality a teacher should have is a love for kids. Unless and until a teacher loves their students, understands their problems, and makes an effort to find out what is going on in young minds, they will never be a happy teacher.
Happy teachers will make happy children. It is true that today’s children must be handled differently than yesterday’s. Nowadays, students tend to be more emotionally vocal.
In a classroom, the foremost thing a teacher can provide is an environment where each and every child can participate. All students must get equal attention. In my view, students only create trouble if they don’t get enough importance from the teacher.
In my case, though I did not become a teacher by choice, it has now become my hobby to spend my time with children. When I feel a student’s anxiety, not only do I want to provide them with a solution, but while I do so, I forget all my problems!
It is only because I enjoy my time with children that I have realised: what’s the point of doing something if you’re not having fun? I also strongly feel that if you want enjoy the classroom, then you must have a student-centred classroom. You must respect the views of each and every child. I think that’s the reason that no matter what, whenever I enter a classroom, I forget all the problems and the pain that I am suffering. I become a free, happy soul in a classroom and that’s what I love about teaching – that you can be a free soul if you dedicate yourself to the betterment of your children.