The first thing that came to my mind when I was reading this chapter is when people question my decision to become a teacher. People often remind me that teachers don’t get paid enough and I know that. My thought on that is why choose a career that is going to pay you a lot but you’re going to end up hating it. I rather be happy with my job and not dread going to it very day, than getting paid a lot and being miserable. This ties in with a statement on page twenty-six that states “we leave lucrative jobs to take low paying ones that provide a clearer sense of purpose.” I also related to this chapter in the sense that I have two low paying jobs. I often get told to quit both and get one that pays more. The reasons I don’t are because they are flexible with my classes and because I enjoy both of them. If I didn’t enjoy them I would have been out of there long time ago, but I have stuck with them for three years.
This chapter also mentioned how if a person is allowed to be creative in their job they are more likely to enjoy their job more and I agree with that. Stasia and Samantha pointed out that as teachers we are allowed to express our creativity and incorporate different activities into our lessons. The book actually states that “enjoyment-based intrinsic motivation, namely how creative a person feels when working on the project, is the strongest and most pervasive driver” and as teachers we are giving the freedom to be creative with our lessons, making this job enjoyable for those who are in it for the right reasons and are not expecting a huge paycheck as a teacher.
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