Gud pm Icka. We have decided to make you SLT of Grades 6 & 7 for this coming school year. Please join the planning tomorrow and on Friday from 8am to 5pm.
My first reaction was...
SLT (Senior Level Teacher)?! Oh man! Graduating class! Graduation practices! PASS! More work!!! Can I really do this? Did they really pick the right person? Is it possible for me to say, "Hi Sir AC! I'm sorry but I've decided not to accept the position because I'm afraid."But then...I thought about it...
and thought about it some more...and realized that...I WAS STILL IN BORACAY! How will I go to the meeting/planning?! This is just great! My first assignment as an SLT and I can't make it.
Anyway, I sent a text message that confirmed my fate for the next school year.
Hi Sir AC! I'm sorry but I will not be able to make it to tomorrow's planning because I'm still in Boracay. My plane leaves for Manila tomorrow afternoon so I will be in school on Friday.
I never thought I could be a senior level teacher in school. My former SLT, Grace, texted me and congratulated me for the new appointment. She even said that she was happy for me and that I deserved the position.
I deserve to be worked to death this year? to have sleepless nights? to have endless meetings with teachers, school heads and parents? Wait a minute...I've been doing exactly that the past years!
Don't get me wrong, being a senior level teacher is not a walk in the park. It's SUPER hard. Imagine supervising all the kids and teachers in grades 6 & 7. (Did I mention that I'm in charge of 7 sections?) My fats are shaking just thinking about all the responsibilities that I have for this school year. And I have a lot of it (responsibilities and fats :-P).
So why did I accept the position?
Money, of course! (hee...hee) No, just kidding.
Kidding aside, I decided to accept the position because it's something new and challenging to me. You have to challenge yourself once in a while. To go beyond of what you think you can only do.
A Chinese proverb once said,
"Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still."
