I think you misunderstood me when I told you about my colleagues at Pablo Apostol. The thing is that now that I work there I have the chance to share more time with the teachers that also work in San Patricio's Primary school.
One day, they were telling me they were surprised by the quality of work that we do in the secondary school. They were really interested in this new change in the syllabus and couldn’t imagine how we could do it. I told them that all the material was created by us which meant endless hours of work at home. We not only had to look for new material, but also make the type of practice needed to cover the language and grammar points. I also told them that the work is so demanding that most of us just can’t get a position in other schools.
They were really shocked and told me that they had a "CARGO" –position- at the primary school (they taught 16 hrs and were paid for 20 hours). While their students were having gym class or religion or arts, they used this free time at school to look for material, grade and prepare classes. So for them working at San Patricio was not a burden since everything or most of the work was done during the "PAID WORKING HOURS".
What I meant to say was that I would like to have the same feelings, but our situation is totally different and ends up being rather unfair. At least this is what I feel.
Alina
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