Why i decided to teach online
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My dream
So just like any youthful woman growing up, my dream was to be educated and have a stable job. I always wanted to return the favour my mum had done by sending me to school. The best way was to graduate and get a job and I did exactly that! It, however, did not take much time before I got annoyed by the long working hours, rigid work schedule and worst of it all, a boss on my backtracking deadlines! I felt there was something better. I knew i had a passion to teach but didn’t have an excellent reason why I should teach online.
What my family and everyone else around me knew was to work on a physical job 8-12 hours a day. I could get nothing besides the encouragement to work hard and to adjust because that’s all part of growing up. Well, I tried, at least, I worked for 5 good years being a teacher and trainer in different schools and institutions.
The Hiccups
In 2016 I started browsing the internet for any information that could lead me to where my desire was. The information was in bits and pieces and could not comprehend exactly what I am supposed to do. I struggled and failed to find anyone to explain and advise me on a personal note on how to each online. I had to find my time to do this since I was fully working somewhere from 8 am to 5 pm. Sometimes I would get home drained from a hard day’s work, yet my kids and husband wanted my attention too. I would have no time or energy to go on the internet to search for more information on teaching online.
The breakup point that led me to teach online
This went on for the next two years, I would wake up and go to work and come home at 5 pm tired but would squeeze a little time to read different articles and follow several blogs for teaching online. I joined several pages on Facebook just to get more information. They posted me to a different workstation, which was 150 km away from my family. This was my break up point!
I wondered how could they do that. I would go there on a Monday and come back home on a Friday. It was traumatizing, I should say. I left my kids under the care of a full-time maid. I was not comfortable with that arrangement at all. Each time I came back home I was a stranger to my own children. That broke my heart, and I knew I would soon quit. Within a few months, I tendered in my resignation. I just told myself I am tired, and I deserved something better!
That is when and how my teaching online journey started.
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Comments (14)
Well done for the insight. This is encouraging to anyone who yearns flexible working hours. It is also a great way of giving back to the global community by being available to offer online lessons to those who need them.
Thank you Carol. Its high time we opened our African language to the world.
Innovative thinking.
This is interesting. Well done on your new project. All the best
Well-done dear we need more people with a mindset like yours to develop the thinking of African women.
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We are the same! I know working all those hours in a mainstream job was hard on me but I didn’t have a family that needed me too. I think it’s awesome you found your calling! Keep up that positive move forward attitude too.
thank you Leslie. I love the way you write and I will definitely learn a lot from you
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