So yesterday I handed in my resignation at my teaching job. It's been 4 years and I've appreciated the teaching part of it more than I can say-it's been some of the most fulfilling work of my life-but there's no way to look at the Indian system right now as anything but abusive.
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Between being told we're lucky to be paid at all and being given unreasonable deadlines we're expected to half-ass just to get it on paper, which we're then browbeaten for, it's ridiculous. It's unfair to teachers and students, and it eats into any ability to build better spaces.
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It's been hard, so incredibly hard, because I love teaching. I'm good at it. And I've been building things here that I feel are desperately needed. But no job is worth this, and much as I love teaching, I'm not pretending it's a calling that supersedes my own human rights.
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The administration has long been holding the threat of "do it or we'll replace you" over teachers and I've taken them at their word and walked. I have a different gig lined up and I'll be transitioning in January. This month will be my last semester.
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I hope I can still guest lecture and I'm always going to look for a way back into teaching, but this isn't the only place I can do that nor the only way the system exists. If traditional teaching can't or won't allow people to be fully human, then non-traditional options it is.
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I built myself a non-traditional option and I'll be working towards it at this new job. I'm hoping for the best and god knows I'll put my back into it.
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TL;DR You can't spend hours in a classroom asking people to think about what it means to be human by willingly dehumanising yourself. I'd much rather show them that it's scary to change and hope for better and work towards a better world, but it'll be worth it.
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What an empowering decision, Samira and a model of ethics and care. All the best in your new career path. 

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Thank you so much! [Hilariously it is a return to parallel older career path. I accidentally(???) detoured into academia while trying to get a degree just to be promoted at an old job, and then just... stayed and discovered a love of teaching.]
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