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Why Teach?

I graduated in a Pharmacy school and decided to teach. I am currently an Assistant Instructor where most of my roles include motivating students to be engage in the learning process. I teach Pharmacy courses to aspiring pharmacist—which is a noble thing to do minus the meager salary (relative to government employees such as Elem or High School teachers). Teaching is one of those atypical jobs. It is not a regular 8 to 5 work. You won’t find yourself confine in an office space doing clerical work alone but rather more complex than that. After tiring yourself in the four walls of the classroom, you still have to extend your work even at home. You have papers to check, lessons to prepare, readings to make, presentations to beat, exams and quizzes to construct, professional development to attend, regular meetings and school functions to engage and a whole lot more. Teaching is not only teaching. You don’t end up talking on stage alone. Instead you become a manager, counsellor, fat...