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This is my first time posting in this community.
For this article, I'll be sharing my first work experience and all.
I hope you enjoy it.
The Beginning
When I took up this job, it was quite exciting to me. I was not just going to earn from doing something I can do really well but from doing something I find fun. It was sometime in 2020, during the lockdown. It started with me getting notified that someone was looking for me and just like that, I landed the job. It came based on referrals. Prior to that time, I was doing nothing as I was waiting to get admission into college. This was how I got my first paying job. The fee, tho very meagre but I was glad to be doing it.
And to the challenges..
From handling two kids, we grew in number. I got kids with varying needs, strengths and weaknesses. Some who knew very little in terms of their basics, some who knew but had issues grasping quickly, others who were
It was my task to make sure everyone did very well.
I had challenges trying to teach the kids who were in different classes, trying to make them love their worst subjects,trying to simplify my explanations so they just do not get to understand it momentarily but long-term, trying to make these kids see study like just any other play/exercise they engage in.
Sometimes, I had to explain a thing so many times over. It got really tiring at several points but I can guarantee that the high moments were more than the low times.
Good times...
In course of my time there, we(myself and the kids) were able to up our game in studies and even our relationship. I had a kid who sat for a national scholarship exam and emerged as one of the only two students chosen from our region. I had a kid who sat for an important exam and came out as the best giving the person behind him at least a 30 point gap.
All of the kids returned with their school result for the last term I taught them and either bagged the first or second prizes. Nothing less. In course of our time together, we also learned things outside of book-work; social athics, etiquette and emotional intelligence.
Taking a bow..
But, I had to leave. I quit. It was a really heartbreaking division. I had to put my interest first for once. For over a year, I was being owed(still am) my salary. The parents did not fail to tell me how well I was doing with their kid but they kept coming up with excuses to not pay me up which is unfair. For people whom I am sure can afford it it was unfair to me.
You might consider me stupid for continuing at the job even when our agreement wasn't being upheld but, it was the bond. I had gotten too close and connected that not seeing these kids for a day made me feel weird. I could say same for them.
But that aside, my family moved houses to a farther location. Even then, I stayed back at the old house for 4 months and continued with the job. You can imagine how I managed to fend for myself. My plans were to not leave them when the school was in session but when they closed for the term and that was exactly what I did. I also realised that other areas of my life were laughing behind as I paid no attention to anything else rather than the job. There wasn't some sort of balance so i did the needful.
The pleasure and joy I had gotten from educating these kids was just a deterrent. Well, I left and it's been a few months. Although I still haven't been paid a dime, yet I do no regret teaching those kids.
The time and effort was worth it.
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