Why you might want to reconsider marrying a teacher.

In the spirit of teachers' day as well as being inspired by Flora's post about being a military person's wife, I thought it's kinda interesting to write something of my own!

My wife's moment of fame before I got her onto NTUC photoshoot. Channel 8 caption was taken out of context by me. LOL

Being a teacher/educator is never easy these days because it's not just about teaching anymore. The entire nurturing journey is getting harder and responsibility seems sky high no thanks to how fast pace out education system is becoming. (Not complaining)

1. You can never travel cheap

I'll be a millionaire if I get a dollar every time someone says "teacher very good hor? Go 1 whole month school holiday". Hello geniuses, teachers do not get annual leave and they do not get to choose which days to clear their leave. They only get that sad few days in between holidays because they still have admin work, planning and CCA to handle and travel will always be peak period price and the planes will always, always be packed with kids. Lucky?

2. 10pm is sleeping time

A picture by my brother years ago show how unhappy he was with his wife's working hours. Yes, he married a teacher too!

You hardly get date night on the weekdays less say sexy time. Your partner needs to turn in at 10pm because she needs to wake up at 5am. It's very painful especially for someone like me who doesn't need a lot of sleep. Of course you can stay awake and do your own things but sleeping at the same time as a couple is something I really like and that's also why we have queen size bed right?

3. Watch your words

You better watch your words or I'll find you and kill you.

I'm not saying all teachers are boring, pretentious or a nerd. I've friends who are teachers who smokes, party and tattoo and all. I'm not saying those are vices but I'm saying teachers are human too but me being me, I'm a little rowdy and very opinionated when it comes to social issues and the warning I get before meeting any of my wife's colleague is always "you better watch your mouth ah. Don't say all the dirty things." Ok lor. But I'll publish it online. :p

4. You are your partner's 360 agency

One client from hell that you can't just walk away on.

As an educator you are trained and prepared to teach but for some reason when you are at school, you too need to plan event, plan party, create artwork, create website, choreograph dance, decorate the classroom and also buy things. I'm not saying that a teacher can only teach and shouldn't go beyond call of duty but some of the things i mentioned is really above their capability especially when you are not the most creative person. So what happened? As a nice husband you try your best to help partly because you can't say no. You have no idea how many fights we got because of these silly things and us not having the same idea on certain things.

5. No teacher and student role play

Eeeeeew. Just no.

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There you have it. I mean I might be complaining a fair bit but I'm sure there are perks like for example they get to knock off early at times and can help you run some office hours errand. :p

Being a teacher is a noble trade, it's not about the money and it's never easy. You do not get much  recognition either. And being a partner of a teacher is not easy as well. So here's one for all the teachers and their noble partners out there! Have a happy teachers' day!!