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I think I was in Primary 4 or 5 when we gathered together in class talking about our dreams and what we would like to do. You know those playing times when a teacher would be busy doing other things leaving pupils to chat and play with their mates and would start discussing different things? Among them were the talks about the job we would like to do when we grow up.
Sitting on my chair, I remembered how we made jest of different professions and how we dread not becoming them in the future. I guess we were just kids who knew nothing but made our dream career known, only for us to grow up and realise we only dreamt but couldn't walk through the path we chose for ourselves due to different reasons or circumstances. Believe me, some children who were born with silver spoons also had their dreams which could happen because there was money and resources but what they chose was different from what their parents planned for them.
We started picking different professions and analysing them. If it's not what we want, we drop it and move to the next one. For example, someone says "I want to be a doctor/nurse" and because they have been made to see in movies and what they have been fed how these people touch blood and dead bodies, they say "No, I don't want this. I hate blood or can't see a dead body.". Another example is someone saying "I want to be a soldier or police officer" but being clouded with the thought that these people die untimely either during war or at a gunshot, also kill people. Then the dream ends there immediately and the list goes on like that.
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I don't think I have mentioned this before here but my dream right from time was to be a banker because of the notion that "bankers are always rich and wealthy". Yes, I wanted to become wealthy and live an affluence life all because I saw how my aunt was fairing in her banking job and how she dresses corporately every morning in her different colours of suit, trousers and small tie around her neck which she would accompany with high heel shoes that make sound whenever she walks on the ground.
Dad made me register for Jamb towards the completion of my SS3 in the year 2010 just to try my luck. I applied for accounting as a course because I wanted a banking job. I scored 221 but post utme dropped me down. Out of 50 marks at the University of Ilorin, I scored 46 and I couldn't be admitted then. It was while growing up I knew that a banking job isn't an easy one and to make the matter worse, my aunt would always work on weekends (Saturday and Sunday) without creating time for her family.
When I finished senior secondary school, I had a shift in my dream job and picked a teaching job. This was because I scored Fs in my Waec examination. I was like, "I could have even been disqualified if I later got admitted to Unilorin with an awaiting result only to realize I had a bad result to present". I did another Waec the following year and my result was good. Since I got my mind made up on teaching, I worked towards that and got admission to the College of Education for my NCE. Then, I applied for business administration and instead was given Early Childhood Care Education. I guess teaching is what I chose when I was coming to earth. Lol
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These are my original images (the kids I teach home lesson)
I have known about teaching right from my primary school days and even took an interest to teach my siblings. Dad was paying me little money for biscuits and sweets then as his way of appreciating my interest to help my siblings how to write letters and numbers. I abandoned that dream because I thought banking would be my way and make me rich too. So, I got to return to my once upon dream job of becoming a teacher in the future.
So far, I have taught in different schools and the experiences I gathered were amazing. Teaching is stressful though but just as I used to tell one of my colleagues then, "If teaching is your passion and what you love doing, you won't see it as being stressful or tough". I used to laugh at my colleague when she complained of being tired and that if not for her needing money, she wouldn't have accepted teaching as a job while she would ask if I don't get tired at all. Of course, I do because we are humans and not firewood but when you love something, you won't have to keep complaining.
My dream of becoming a teacher hasn't been erased from my mind because it is what I would always choose to do aside from other jobs. Teaching is fun with those children around you. I even get excited when I hear good reviews from parents and it is part of what convinced me that this is my line and should do my best to lead these children to becoming the best just as I was taught.
Thanks for your time on my blog.
Job of bankers is very common in our country because people need to give less effort to get the job compared to other job.
But teaching is the most honorable profession in my opinion. I love and respect the profession of teaching. I wanted to be a teacher once and I still want to be Sometimes.
Teaching is a blessed job, you didn't make a mistake by choosing to pick it out. Many people are been carried away by the money and class when it comes to selecting jobs, the truth is we have our plans but God will always have the final say...