Teachers
As much as you don't like to hear it, teachers face a hell lot of stress. And most, close to all teachers face stress more than we do. In primary school, I was disgusted with the students thinking that teachers have a time of their life. Although we don't express that belief aloud, we do it in the crulest, selfishest, but ironically, CORRECT way.
In primary school, we talk about teachers taking teaching as an easy job, and we, students are so bloody stressed. Have we debunked that thought? Not entirely.
We hand up first drafts, second drafts, n number of drafts which extend to the infinite, with each only so little different from the previous. Teachers see our efforts by the number of drafts we hand in, not the quality we put in the drafts. We expect teachers to mark our script tirelessly, unfailingly. What hypocrisy when teachers try holding back work to give you and when they finally give us we complain that they are unreasonable. There definitely ARE unreasonable amounts of work, and many a time i witness them. But let's bear a thought for those who are going to MARK them.
Hand in a clean, polished draft and do your best, for I have slowly learnt how not to torture my mentors. It doesn't take much effort to. It's a win-win situation, for one gains more when he tries his best, and the less stress enchances one's life and performance and everything!
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