Whether you are a teacher or child caretaker, everyone in the profession surly had days or weeks where it seems problems pile up upon problems, because...everyone wants something different from you!
It was like this for me last week, and it made me remember a talk I had a long time ago with a few colleagues.
In this profession, you have at least three sides you constantly have to make "happy"...the kids, their parents as well as the institution or school with their requirements and laws. All of them having different interests, of course. Even if we keep doing our best, there are times where it's simply impossible to please all sides involved. It can feel like being in a straitjacket or being pulled apart on the arms and legs.
Especially at such times it is important to remember why we do our work, and why we chose that profession. And also, to not take ourselves too seriously! Every life and work has its good and bad sides, and things go on in one way or other!
(On a side note, I really understand by now why this.profession has a high turnover as well as burn out rate.)
It was like this for me last week, and it made me remember a talk I had a long time ago with a few colleagues.
In this profession, you have at least three sides you constantly have to make "happy"...the kids, their parents as well as the institution or school with their requirements and laws. All of them having different interests, of course. Even if we keep doing our best, there are times where it's simply impossible to please all sides involved. It can feel like being in a straitjacket or being pulled apart on the arms and legs.
Especially at such times it is important to remember why we do our work, and why we chose that profession. And also, to not take ourselves too seriously! Every life and work has its good and bad sides, and things go on in one way or other!
(On a side note, I really understand by now why this.profession has a high turnover as well as burn out rate.)
