Is teaching your thing or
do you love teaching as a profession? Today, I will be talking to teachers and potential
teachers.
Teaching
is never considered as a good job in this part of the world because of the
general belief that teachers are given what is best described as peanut at the
end of the month. This is not just a belief but a factual belief. What teachers
receive as payment does not in anyway equal the impart they make on society.
Consequently,
many persons (especially youths) see teaching as a "no go area." Some
of those who eventually dive into it, take it as a part time job while others
only resorted to it after being beaten by the vicious hands of unemployment.
However,
this is where my passion lies. My passion lies in what my country pays less
attention to. For me, my teaching prowess is spurred by passion. I see teaching
as many Nigerians see oil company jobs. The truth of the matter is that
"passion" can make you do a particular thing for a longer period
without pay but not forever. It will get to a point when you will expect your
passion to start yielding fruits for you. In fact, until you learn how to turn your passion into money, you will never improve it. It is only at that point that you
will become more passionate about your passion; so it all boils down to money.
The
question is "can I actually make extra income from teaching, especially in
this part of the world?"
Who
told you you cannot make good cash from teaching? Is that why you don't want to
take teaching as a job? Is that why you've been feeding your students with half
baked knowledge? The difference between "OYO" (a local restaurant)
and Genesis, Kilimanjaro, Mr Biggs et’al is packaging. With packaging, you can
make cool cash through teaching. You might be teaching in a private or public
school but a well packaged teaching profession will flaunt you as a boss. Common
spice your teaching profession with innovations! Make it global! Get students
from far and near and even online! Thank God we are in a period where technology
is at its peak. Until you learn how to package your teaching profession, you
will never be satisfied.
Remember,
many persons want to blog today because they feel Linda Ikeji is making cool
cash through blogging. In a country like this, where teachers are seen as
paupers as as result of the injustice they get from their employers, can't you
counter such stereotype by becoming the "Linda Ikeji" of the teaching
field?
I
see teaching as a profession with numerous benefits and I know you can teach but
you never want to take it as a job because of this stereotype and the country
you find yourself. Very soon, I will be telling you how my monthly income has
only become an additional income because of the way I package my teaching
profession. It's all about packaging.
How
do you perceive teaching?
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