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Teachers ´ spare time
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Alina26
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Teachers ´ spare time
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Hello everyone!
I have a question for u, something that keeps bothering me: do u have any free time left just for urselves, to enjoy urselves after a hard working day? For example, I come from school and I start searching for materials, preparing worksheets, thinking about how to make my lessons more interesting. And I love my job a lot, I ´ve always wanted to become a teacher, but sometimes I think I ´m just too fond of preparing my lessons and I start to forget about what having a social life means. And if I try to relax a bit, the only thing crossing my mind is how to prepare the materials for the next day. Do u think it ´s normal or I might have an obsession?  Do u feel the same?
Best wishes! |
23 Nov 2009
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kmtr
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Totally normal for a teacher--we are a special breed! Most of the time when I do socialize, it ´s with other teachers and we just compare classes, lessons, students, etc. My husband doesn ´t understand at all! :) |
23 Nov 2009
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niacouto
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Why do I have this funny feeling of kinda "looking myself in the mirror"?!
Frenchfrog I wish I couldn ´t understand u!!!!! LOL
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23 Nov 2009
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JulietaVL
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Ahhh me too! no social life either... and exboyfriends never understood my job  ... but I love it! |
23 Nov 2009
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sea camel
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Thank goodness! I ´m not the only one! To me it doesn ´t feel like an obsession, more like a passion! I love teaching English so much! Sometimes I can ´t stop working. There ´s always something to be done. A year or two ago I became a member of a young women ´s group ( I had to get out!) consisting mainly of... other teachers!! Quite funny when I found out! Yes, we must be a different breed!
Kristien |
23 Nov 2009
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yolprica
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It happens the same to me but now I go out with my friends once a week and we can ´t talk about our job (most of them are teachers too) except when we have something funny to tell the others and it ´s like going to the psychiatrist (I suppose) because I come back home relaxed and happy. We NEED TO UNWIND from time to time.
Hugs from Spain
Yolanda |
23 Nov 2009
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Zora
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*nods*
Yes, it is VERY normal, I ´m afraid. I love teaching and I am the same
as you are. I get off work and I have stuff to prepare for the next
day... and the funny part is that I don ´t even see it as a chore. I
enjoy thinking up what to do next with a certain student, how so and so
needs a special revision activity, etc. And yes, my ex-boyfriends
didn ´t quite understand me either... haha...
Goodness, Frenchfog... you think that ´s bad! I am IN bed sometimes and I get ideas and they haunt me until morning!! lol
Yes, we teachers are a special breed! 
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23 Nov 2009
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serene
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Hi Sinziana!
I was startled when I saw your post as I had just been having the same thoughts. And I must say your description is very accurate. I feel exactly the same! My days are so full that time passes so quickly, one day it´s Monday and the next it´s Friday already.
I don ´t know about you or the other people here but in my case it feels more like an obsession. |
23 Nov 2009
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Amandina
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Same here! I just can ´t stop and it ´s fun. We have a truly amazing job!
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23 Nov 2009
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