A low-paying job that left me with beautiful memories

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Happy evening Hive friends, I extend a cordial greeting accompanied by a sincere wish that you are well. This is my first post in this community, as soon as I saw it I went to read the rules right away and I thought it was great. So I will tell you a little about my work life.

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I am a preschool teacher, I love children and while working in this area I felt great. Children definitely convey an innocence and sweetness that is easily contagious. Every time I came home I would remember an anecdote that had happened to me with them and I would immediately tell my parents and we would laugh a lot.

I worked for four years in one of the most prestigious schools in the city. I remember that the principal was very demanding with all the teaching staff and I was no exception. However, she had a lot of affinity with me because she noticed that the children loved me a lot and enjoyed the classes. The bad thing was that the economic remuneration was very little, it was not enough to cover all my expenses, so I had to look for an additional job. I will tell you about that job another time.

Going back to the school principal, I can tell you that she was very refined and had a great power to convince people to enroll their children in that school. She was a demanding person but she was not able to give recognition to her employees, that is, the teachers and the maintenance staff. As it was a very well known private school, she rubbed shoulders with people with a lot of money and somehow or other this led her to be arrogant on more than one occasion.

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I remember that on one occasion she stayed in the classroom where I was teaching and then called me to the management. When I arrived, she told me that I was doing a good job, but that she was telling me this not to congratulate me, but so that I wouldn't even think of not working as I should. I was shocked, what kind of praise is that? It was quite disturbing to hear that, it was as if he was telling me: "You are doing well but you don't deserve to be congratulated". Those words did not encourage me to do anything. However, I continued to work with the same love and commitment as before.

Although the director had a strong character, on more than one occasion I asked her for a salary increase and she refused, so when I told her that I could no longer continue with the same salary, she agreed to my request. Until one day I had to leave because she refused to pay me bonuses, benefits and other benefits that I was entitled to. My dad had been telling me for a long time to leave that job because it was not valued, but the love and affection I had for the children prevented me from making that decision. Unfortunately, with a broken heart because of the love I had for my students, I had to leave.

It has been ten years since I stopped working in that school, by the way, the director died about three years ago and it hurt me a lot because despite being a demanding boss I also loved her and at the time I thanked her for the opportunity to have allowed me to work in such a recognized school.

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Currently, the children I taught at that school are between fourteen and sixteen years old and when I see them by chance somewhere in the city they greet me with great affection. I feel a lot of satisfaction for having had that work experience that allowed me to meet lovely children. It is a precious memory that I treasure in my heart.

With this experience I learned that I should not mix my emotions too much with my work, I should value what I do, I should make my bosses see that I deserve respect and one way to make myself respected is by not accepting any job in which I am not remunerated economically as it should be. True, I won my heart at that school, but it will not happen again. In spite of everything, I have the satisfaction of knowing that I did a good job and that the children remember me with joy.

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Its so hard to be in that position where you all did your best yet they just seen your profession as a joke. Glad you resigned and better leave, it's kind of toxic environment thou, somehow I have same experience like you do, so I could feel the burden inside. You don't want to quit but they making you to do so. Still I think you deserve better.

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That's right, my friend, it's just as you say: "they force you to resign". Although I really liked being with the children and I had become very fond of that
that moment came because they didn't give the proper value to my work. I'm sorry that something similar happened to you, you feel bad but you move on.

Thank you so much for your feedback.
Regards 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗

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Hi @abisag and thanks for posting your WorkLife story as a teacher.
You know ever since I was a student I always knew there were some other world of politics within among the faculty and to understand it more when I was a Junior in high school I ran for student government Junior representative and yes there is a lot more going on outside of the class room. It was really an eye opener to see that there are people who teach others when in reality they need to be teached themselves some ethics. Its sad to see this in schools where its a place to bring out the future of our society in some of the wrong hands.

I am a preschool teacher, I love children and while working in this area I felt great. Children definitely convey an innocence and sweetness that is easily contagious. Every time I came home I would remember an anecdote that had happened to me with them and I would immediately tell my parents and we would laugh a lot.

I am very sure this brings in a lot of joy to you and make it all more meaningful to what you do. That is actually the best... It feels good when you love what you do.

As it was a very well known private school, she rubbed shoulders with people with a lot of money and somehow or other this led her to be arrogant on more than one occasion.

The amazing part of human nature is that we never learn. This is universal among all cultures of society and its very funny what money can do to people of those who have, those who want, and those in need. Money can change a person so easily in many ways....

the love and affection I had for the children prevented me from making that decision. Unfortunately, with a broken heart because of the love I had for my students, I had to leave.

I understand your situation very well... sometimes a single person should not bother your work due to the joy of all the others around you and the joy of the work itself. However, when people with Authority in the wrong hands can be hard to just adapt.

The way I see it in my opinion is that I learn when people act in a certain way, there is a back story that we don't see from a point of view from them. I usually try to understand if a person is not liking me due to my performance or attitude at work? or Is it due to something I have? What is creating such negativity compared to others? and most of the time I do confront them nicely to get things straight... doesn't matter if its my boss or co-worker. However, I also know that in different cultures work has its own set of rules as well.

After a long period of time when you get to see it all over again... We realize some of the people we really hated are also just people like you and me. I come to realize lately that we are all not so much different in living our daily lives. We all try to find something that can be appreciated and be respected for... this is the same in rich societies and both poor.

When it comes to work at the end of the day, when you know you did something good and work hard for it..... you don't really need others to say you did well.... because you know you did well. :)

Remembering the joy of the work is the best memory a person can have.
and you can always apply that mentality to everything you do.

Thanks for sharing!

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I agree with you that ethics should prevail in any field of work. I also understand that some attitudes of people in authority have a background, however, the curious thing is that in most cases they tend to judge everyone equally and are unable to approach with a kind and respectful tone to discuss with their employees.

It is the nature of the imperfect human being to believe we are superior to others, either because of the position we hold or the money we have. However, we must strive to keep our feet on the ground and remember that no matter what our social status we are still mortal.

I like the way you try to deal with any difficult situation at work. Asking ourselves the kind of questions you raised paves the way and gives us more opportunities to create a harmonious environment at work.

Thank you very much for your appreciation.

Best regards 🤗🤗🤗🤗

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