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Relief teaching stint long ago convinced me not to enter the profession
September 26, 2024
|The Straits Times
Correspondent Elisha Tushara's Opinion piece "Address teachers' heavy workload, not just the inconveniences" (Sept 24) hit the nail on the head.
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I was a relief form teacher in a primary school for only six months, covering a teacher on maternity leave.
With teaching, lesson preparation, preparing exam papers, marking, and writing student report cards, I was convinced not to enter the profession full-time or otherwise.
There were times when I had no time for even toilet or meal breaks.
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