This Girl's Diary: A new challenge

February 3, 2013

A new challenge

I have always been confident about being a good teacher. A primary teacher, not so because of my lack of patience but higher up the ladder I know I can do a decent job. So last night when I recieved a confirmation of my appointment as the new Assistant Professor, I was startled. Firstly, the interview had taken place last August and it had been well over six months since the results of the same were announced. Secondly, when the results were finally declared, we were expected to report immediately. The workings of the Government surely make me see red at times but this was beyond appalling. How can a new teacher take class without having prepared notes of any kind? I was asked to collect the work order the next day and to report for the new session the day after. This when I had just got back to the capital from a wedding back home two days ago! Talk about bad timing.

The challenge of teaching is, like I mentioned earlier, one that I have been confident about. I know a few friends feel I am wasting my time and talent with this new offer but I have always maintained that a platform like the one I have today is ideal for someone wanting to share whatever little knowledge and experiences I have gained in the last decade. It is true that the standard of students languishing in colleges back home will definitely be frustrating but I feel I am ready to write another chapter of my life. A close friend, also an Assistant Professor, asked me to refrain from telling others about my bureaucratic aspirations. He is hopeful that I might end up enjoying teaching. I have to agree with him. So long as I am in this field, I am going to give my 100 percent. So, yet again I will be travelling back home in the coming week, and this time it completes my transition. Three years back, I gave up my job in the University believing that I was built for better things. My interactions with the teaching faculty made me question what I was gaining by being part of the University administration. So, I sat for the JNU entrance hoping that some day I would be sitting in the other side of the fence. Today that switch is complete.

Ariens are known for being ambitious and plunging head long into new territory. I just hope I can justify myself in this new job.

Good luck Cyden!

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