Why do you want to be Teacher?

 

Why do you want to be a teacher?

 

Well I think education is really important

and I feel I have the skills to really

help release the potential of

the kids in your school.

 

Why do you want to be a teacher?

 

I really want to help kids in school

make the right choices, you know

I didn’t get that when I was young

and I would’ve loved  

someone to steer me right.

 

Why do you want to be a teacher?

 

I’ve always loved English and I feel

like teaching is just the best way

for me to carry on loving it,

as I can share that love.

 

Why do you want to be a teacher?

 

Well I don’t just want to be a teacher.

I’m actually a writer as well but I

feel the teaching really

helps inspire me,

you know I’m writing a

book right now actually

 

Why do you want to be a teacher?

 

Of course I’m still dedicated

to the teaching, it’s

actually why I paired

my degree with

the Education minor.

It gave some great

hands on experience

and you know I feel it

makes my CV more well-rounded and"

 

Why do you want to be a teacher?

 

Well free-lance writing is hard to

get into, you know there’s

a lot of competition and

it can be hard to get noticed

but I really think teaching’s gonna

get me back on track so I can"

 

Why do you want to be a teacher?

 

Look this is temporary and

hey at least I’m doing something

here, more than words

on a page can do,

you know this is real.

 

Why do you want to be"

 

This isn’t all I’m gonna be,

alright, the book will happen

I’ll make it happen, a

few years is all it’s gonna

take and I’ll be ready again,

I just need the time okay?

 

 

Why do"

F**k!"I’m scared,

I just need to know

I’ll be safe alright?

I need to know I’ll

do something, I just,

I just can’t take the risk.

 

[End of interview]

Author's Note

The apostrophe marks re supposed to be dashes but writer's cafe won't give me my dashes

Reviews

[Tony Jordan]

I think you chart here the evolution of teaching. In Ireland it was always looked upon as a blessing to have either a priest or a teacher in the family. it bestowed a modicum of middle-class respectability in some people's eye - their eyes were quite shallow.
Now teaching as you rightly point out, is more likely to be a stepping stone to something considered more noble.
This is sardonic and sad I felt - a modern day tragi-comedy.
I did see where it was going but it didn't spoil the journey one bit my friend.

[Hell in a Hip Flask]

It's interesting how people are responding to this one in relation to their different relationships with education, when originally I was trying to focus more on the difficulty of following ambition over security with the backdrop of teaching coming from personal experience, but I think that's good as the original versions of this poem lacked that relatable substance that allows people to better associate it with their own experiences thanks for the review.

[Tony Jordan]

I think the choice of profession has a huge bearing on how this is connecting.
We all have our own personal teacher pupil story - even home tutored kids will have.
It'd be interesting to have used a different career.
You're welcome.

[cocktail of blues]

This poem is funny and sharp. The writer expresses his own turmoil in knowing what he wants to be, but at the same time being pestered by the same question of 'why' and in the end he loses his confidence in doing what he feels comfortable and capable anymore.