Falling short.

I feel sorry, really.
For the teachers who are (or were) so full of passion. Who put in so much effort and time.  Who sometimes put up with school politics and nonsensical workload. All for their students. Some people say, some teachers teach for the sake of teaching as a job. They do not have passion. Matter-of-factly, they probably used to have passion. But passion diminishes along with it being attached to career. Passion erodes. Some people say, teachers who cannot handle students are ineffective. I beg to differ. In all fairness, some teachers do not put handling students' disciplinary issues in the picture of teaching. I used to think everyone definitely has a teacher he or she is inspired by in one's lifetime. For some, they aspire to become a teacher because of that inspiring teacher. And often, do we not superficially think that teaching is merely a passing on of the torch of knowledge? Who would have thought that there are other strings attached? If you have had your dignity smashed against the walls and accusations slapped on your face, you know what it is like. Passion? I am not sure if this can keep me going for long. I decide to give it another serious deliberation.