aw, u're one of *those* lecturers...the dead poets society/mona lisa smile/to sir with love/dangerous minds etc type. way to go. live the calling.Aren't all lecturers like that? Well, as i discovered recently, the answer is in the negative.
A group of us lecturers were chatting together. Some law lecturer was telling the others the kind of (big) money we used to make - and can still make - when we were in practice.
An engineering lecturer asked, "So why did y'all leave practice and come here to teach?"
To which, i earnestly and honestly replied, "We are here for the students!"
There was a short beat of time, and then everyone there burst out into uncontrollable laughter!!! Some (who weren't rolling on the floor) gave me the look which said "Now, that's a really good joke".
I was like, "What...???" to which some laughed even more and others gave me the "That's enough. Dun push the joke too far" look.
I felt so sad after that... :-(
*The remake of the classic by Lulu for the TV series, Ally McBeal.
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you know... i thought the same. and i have learned to laugh at it. one of your colleague has constantly telling me that this job has no future... and asking me to seek for another career. i didn't know how to reply to that person.
well, you can just tell her to leave if she really feels that way!!!!
wat's her problem??? can't stand these kinda ppl - just complain complain, and tell others to leave but they themselves stay on and discourage others. *sigh*
as for me, i'm gonna change the world!!!! woohoo! ;-)
seriously, if i play a part in the positive change of a student, i'm happy.
I am marking papers now, and am totally demotivated by it. All those "positive changes" I tried implimenting seems to fail in such a disasterous way. Starting to wonder if anything that I told my students has actually entered their brain? or heart?
sigh, may be not....... :(((
well, rome wasn't built in a day, mate!
i'll hv to keep reminding meself...
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