It is well to note that our work in large multilevel classes will never beeasy. And there will always be days when we feel frustrated. This is parfor the course. Nevertheless, there will always be many more good thanbad days. We will always know that our work is important, thatthrough our work we have contributed to the welfare of people andof society, and if today was bad, chances are that tomorrow will bebetter. If the class we have right now is impossible, next semestersgroup may be ever so much better. If the material we are working withjust doesnt click, we can always choose something more appropriatewhen we teach the same topic next time.
If you have read Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell, youknow that its heroine, Scarlett OHara, had a special mantra when thingsgot too tense: I will think about it tomorrow, she said. This philosophymay prove helpful in dealing with the frustrations that accompanyteaching large multilevel classes. No matter how good we get to be, nomatter how much personal fulfillment we may find in our work, there isno escaping the fact that the job will always present us with challenges.In fictional or filmed teacher stories, the hero teacher usually strugglesmightily during his/her first year of teaching and then through somemiraculous epiphany understands why things have not worked out well.Or, our hero teacher changes his/her tactics/attitude/technique/strategyand presto he/she becomes the most wonderful and beloved teacher inthe world. No wonder real teachers get fed up with the stories！ In reallife, the struggle, in all its various forms, continues throughout onescareer. Of course, we all develop and learn many things, but the job iseternally challenging and that perhaps is one reason why so many of uslove it！
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