I am

When I was still a student, I have always believed that I will be a writer, a lawyer
Or working closely somewhere between public relations and media.
I have, never in my life thought, that I would become a teacher.

I have kept my grades up, but never became a role model.
Never a "do-gooder" ~
Nor someone you could call a teacher's pet.

I got close encounters with the guidance counselor, consistently lecturing me of the things a Catholic schoolgirl must do and don't. It's not that I disrespect teachers, but rather, I find them stagnant. They truly lead a boring life, spending almost half of their lives doing one of the noblest career in the history of mankind. So to make their life spicy, I created some nonsensical immaturity that one cannot grasp.

It's up to you to imagine what I was. That was me.

And in the end, just when I hit my mid-twenties, I became an educator.
To everybody's surprise, I am loving it.

I never realized that when you become a teacher, it's just like hogging all the career this generation has to offer.

You get to become a master of psychology, trying to rationalize why your student is acting crazy.
You can also become a scientist ~ inventing theories and methods you can apply for better learning.
A teacher can also become a marketing executive ~ conceptualizing strategies to make the foundation of an institution stronger. Your school's gain, is yours too.
And add PR Executive, you get to talk to the parents for updates and surprisingly, they listen to you intently.
These are just few careers a teacher can do in just a blink of an eye.

In becoming a teacher, one must have the flexibility and an open mind to learn new things.
One has to have a quick mind to be ready for spontaneous queries and make sure that the answers are reliable.
One has to be wise, able to balance the pros and cons of each situation.
One has to have a sense of leadership, able to herd a flock in lead them to safety.
And one, the most important of all, has to have perseverance, to impart the knowledge to the next generation.

You see, I never intended to become a teacher. Yet it is who I am now.
And it never came to my mind that I have the strong qualities to become one.

So as I am typing this thought, I told myself how lucky I am.

I am a teacher.
And my capacity for learning will never stop here.