I AM A TEACHER

I'm a teacher.............. 

Behind that doctor, 

Is me, a teacher........... 

Behind that economist, 

Is me, a teacher.......... 

Above those astronomers,Is me, a teacher..............

I carry the light even though they mostly make jokes of me........... 

But I am a teacher........ 

I don't qualify for a RDP house nor earn enough to buy an expensive one.............

But yes, I am a teacher...........

Some think or even say that I have too many holidays, never knowing that I spend those holidays either correcting papers or planning what and how I'm going to teach when i go back to school........ 

Because I am a teacher.., 

sometimes I get confused and even get stressed by the ever changing policies by the politicians who have political powers over what and how I have to teach....... 

Despite all that I am a teacher and I have to teach and i'm teaching.............

On pay days I don't laugh as others do, but by the next day I have to come with a smile to those that I teach........... Because I'm a teacher.........

 The main source of my satisfaction is when I see them growing, succeeding, having all those assets, bravely facing the world and its challenges,  

and i say yes I've taught in spite of living in a world opened by Google.. 

Because I am a teacher............

Yes I am a teacher........ 

It doesn't matter how they look at me, 

it doesn't matter how much more they earn than me, 

it doesn't matter that they drive while I walk

because all what they have is through me, a teacher.. Whether they acknowledge me or not......  

I am a teacher...........  

I am proud of my career....

🌾Dedicated to all the amazing teachers...