In 2023, an undergraduate graduate from a 211 Normal University in Changsha started his job search journey in February after experiencing the frustration of being admitted to the university. Faced with the strict threshold of Changsha public school qualifications (she failed the job examination for fresh graduates), she successfully broke into the interviews of two private high schools, but due to various reasons, she finally did not sign the contract.
In April, she returned to her hometown in a fifth-tier city and signed up for a junior high school teacher position, thanks to the talent introduction policy, the position comes with its own establishment and requires a master's degree, and she was fortunate to pass the preliminary examination with a bachelor's degree background in a double-first-class normal university. In May, she won the written exam, won the interview again in June, and finally became one of the top junior high school teachers in the local area in September.
Now, after nearly four months of work, she is responsible for teaching 18 hours a week as a teacher of ethics and rule of law in six classes that she is not a class teacher, and she shares her true feelings.
First, the advantages:
The school has a long history, a mature management system, less formalism, a monthly inspection frequency and relatively easy lesson preparation tasks, so that teachers can maintain a harmonious working atmosphere. Most of the students are of high quality, and the old teachers are vying to be the class teacher, and for the new teachers, not being the class teacher means a more relaxed working situation.
2. Challenges and difficulties:
With a heavy workload of schoolwork, and a back-to-back class in the afternoon and evening, the throat is overwhelmed, and for young and not strict teachers, student discipline is often a challenge, affecting the mood, and sometimes having to get angry. With her meager salary, she can only rely on the income of the monthly evening assistant and the help of her family.
3. Emotional investment:
Although she loves teaching and records many beautiful moments of teaching and students, she also admits that this love is only part of the teaching profession, and there is a lot of exhaustion and powerlessness behind it. She disagrees with the statement on the Internet that teachers are educating themselves back then, and believes that teachers are often the students who have worked the hardest in the past.
The teacher's story is a journey of perseverance and exploration, and she has stood on the podium after a long struggle, and as for how far she can go in the future, as she said, no one knows.