1.EXCITEMENT STAGE
A teacher receives an appointment letter to work as a teacher with TSC number, very enthusiastic & happy to be employed.
2.PASSION STAGE
He/she teaches the first lesson with passion, carries all professional documents (schemes of work, lesson plan, progress record etc), creates class presence, greet learners with a smile.
3.PROFESSIONAL GOSSIP (STAFFROOM POLITICS)
This teacher now stops preparing well to go to class bcoz he/she gossips a lot about the school administration & fellow teachers.
4.SOCIAL STAGE
He/she becomes connected with very many WhatsApp groups, attending funerals, weddings as the M.C. demands for an off or free afternoon lessons.
5.CONFUSION STAGE
This is where a teacher joins multilevel marketing, network marketing, side hassles, getting loans & starts business that make losses ending up being confused.
6.FRUSTRATION STAGE
This is where a teacher discovers that he/she works like an elephant & paid like a mouse. They starts hating their job and condemn the teaching career…
(The writer is a senior teacher)