“Sir, this is the most boring book I’ve ever read!”  I chirped my matric English teacher. “It’s got no relevance to us,” I continued as we plodded our way through another double period taking turns to read sections from “Shades”, our English set work book. The monotonous drone that was the tone in which most [...]

My gripe with teachers is that many of them always seem to view the teaching profession as something that’s gone to the dogs. I suppose I’m generalising here, because even in the work place (i.e. business) there are people who absolutely despise their jobs to the point of rather wanting to work on a kibbutz or log pine trees somewhere in remote Siberia while drinking vodka and singing the “Volga Boatmen’s Song”.

“Die geld is te min, die geld kom te laat in die maand, die geld hou nie tot die volgende maand nie en die verhogings is te klein!”. Dit is die klagte van onderwysers. Ek het egter gou agter gekom waaroor dit eintlik gaan. Dit gaan nie, net, oor geld nie, maar eintlik gaan dit oor ‘n gebrek aan waardering.

If you’re a teacher stuck in the dark age, perhaps you should watch this video … if you know how.

The dinner guests were sitting around the table discussing life. One man, a CEO, decided to explain the problem with education. He
argued, “What’s a kid going to learn from someone who decided his best option in life was to become a teacher?”.