Renewed Faith in Teaching

Our Programme Advisor this time around is Ms Fatimah Moran & she is like no other. She conducted 2 sessions for the academic staff on Thursday (Marking Criteria) & Friday (Problem Based Learning). I found in her the type of passion that makes a lecturer great and memorable. I was lucky to be able to join her sessions at a time when I am feeling bored and caught in a rut. Teaching has become a monotone for me & my mind shuts down when I mark assessments (is this considered burnout?).

Well after attending her sessions I was reminded of why teaching is meaningful to me. That perhaps I may want to teach for just a little while more. I still detest marking but will just trudge along perhaps for another couple of months. I have to start taking charge of my life and not go with the flow too much. S can afford it as he had done his hard knocks before. In my case I would still have to go through perhaps a couple more years of hard knocks before I can cruise slightly comfortably.