Worth Working For

I resigned my last job few months ago cause I had some disagreement with the school I worked for. I like to set up all of my text books, curriculums, lesson plans.. everything in order.

Ever since I started working there, I chose all the text books for the students. I believed that if I could provide the teachers complete lesson plans, even a new coming teacher can do the lesson well, even he or she may not have any experience.

However, it took a long time to set it up, and I needed to take one class in the mroning, had meetings at least once 2 days. Anyways, the principal didn't think setting all the stuff in order and organized was that important. So, they decided to have my salary deducted.

Having disagreement is one thing, but deducting salary is another. That really pissed me off even I was told before they did it. (The principal did not tell me how much my salary would be less tho.) So, when I knew that how much the salary would be, I just told them I couldn't take it and I left that day. The director and the principal were very surprised. They called me the same day and the day after to ask me going back.

What I am thinking is if you are working with the supervisor or boss who can't appreciate or know what you are doing for them, then, that's not the place worth working.

I am a very emotional person, I know sometimes it is not good to do things. I can work my tail off for you if I feel it is worthy, no matter how much the salary is.

Lately, there is the same situtation happened to me. The school I am working in the afternoon needs some evaluation forms and the ideas about how to have their English classes better.

Actually, THAT WAS NOT MY BUSINESS at all. It is foreign teachers who have problems on teaching grammar and phonics becasue they don't have any text books. Personally, I don't think having no text books is a good idea, either.

So, I took some time showing them the text books I have used, discussing how they can do with the text books and the material which the principal gave them. The truth is, the principal dosen't even know how to use the material and she wants foreign teachers to teach grammar and phonics with it??? Doesn't it sound rediculous???!!

After all this, they asked me to do more, without pay. Come on, we teachers are paid by dots. So, I asked to get half paid for doing the paper work, but the principal said they don't pay for foreign teachers doing paper work. We need to find extra time to do it. If I can't take it, they can find other teachers who are willing to do it.

I just couldn't believe what I heard. I used to be a teacher and a director, I know what everything is working. I paid my English teachers for doing extra work when I was a director cause I want them to put their best efforts on teaching, but not doing paper work at the same time.

Now you are saying this to me?! I totally gave up on them. I said to them, "Sure, I can do it." How much I am paid, how much work I will do.


The above lines are all just saying, the problem is, why the employers don't really appreciate what their teachers have been doing for them. All the things we do take time, a lot of time.

The school is lucky to have the foreign teachers who work like that, spending extra time to do the paper work. (well, at least I do it.) After all this, the school just take it for granted.

That's not what I do things. In my morning class, I just do everything. Teaching, training new teachers, having presentions to the parents, having meetings with the teachers, all the paper work. Just becasue they think what I am doing is really great for the school. The parents believe me. I get new students every single class. "It is all becasue they worth me doing that."

I always think that being a teacher needs a lot of passion because it's not a job which makes big money. I think I still have the enthusiasm for being a teacher, for students, not for the school I am working for.

"There is no one who needs to take care of you. You need to do it yourself."