When I tell someone that I work
as a teacher I often get an enthusiastic and somewhat sarcastic comment “great you
have free and long summer holidays, I wish I did.”
Without a doubt, being a teacher has
many perk, one of which is the summer holiday. However, it is a myth that we
teachers don’t work over the summer holiday. I, for one, am working extra hard
this summer especially since I will be teaching an all new course for me “English
Literature.” One would think that I am sitting by the computer day and night
typing syllabus or worksheets or collecting information about which writer lived
when and where….
Nope.
To better explain my hard working summer I
would like to post a few illustrations describing the sweat that I must go
through.
Is there a better relax than reading George Orwell's 1984 with your feet in Orlik Dam.
Or dreaming of Robinson Crusoe on Croatian shores
and discussing Brave New World during and all American barbecue.
As it is so clear, my summer holiday has a
perk… I get to do what I enjoy! And after all that is the purpose of life, isn’t
it? Of course, I didn’t have to make a promise to myself that I will reread
every book that I have on the syllabus…but I did. And as I am reaching for book
number 5 I realized one thing and that is the fact that I really like my job,
summer or no summer.
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