As a teacher you go into work being the best actress you can be. I really do put on a face. There is such a boundary between the students and yourself. The kids see you in this "teacher" role and expect that you are the "teacher" when you leave to go home too. Faculty even dresses you in a role of professional judgments. It's crazy that based off of what your job title is, people think they know your life. Or they think that you don't have life because teachers dedicate so much of their time to the classroom. It is almost dehumanizing.
It's amazing to me the type of people we run into on a day to day basis. One teacher friend told me once, "If something happened to you, or if you didn't show up, who would REALLY care? They would have someone in here in your place in a heartbeat." It's only now that I see what she was saying. People don't treat people with "care." They expect the person to show up. Kids expect teachers to accommodate to their every need. Family expects you to do a good job. I'll admit, all these expectations push me to be a better person in all aspects of my life. However, I am having a hard time thinking, Why
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