Vicky's Journal

*Facepalm*
Can someone please tell me when exactly it became a crime for teachers to have personal lives and hobbies outside of educational matters?

There is a huge debate on one of the sites I frequent about how you shouldn't do so much cosplay when you are a teacher and you definitely shouldn't ever let students or parents know that you make costumes. Oh and on Halloween make sure you only wear store-bought costumes, not ones you might have made yourself no matter how "mainstream" that costume might be.

OH THE HORROR! I CAN SEW!

Good Lord. Is it really so hard for people to understand that one can balance a personal and professional life? I don't sit there and go "amagad kids last weekend I went to an anime convention and it was so fun and I cosplayed lol!!!!!!1111one" It's not like it comes up in lunchtime discussions with other teachers. The teachers who do know about my geekdom are fine with it. Hell, my friends as me to hem pants for them because they know I can sew. I'm not going around advertising it, but I'm not hiding anything either. I'm not ashamed of the fact that I am a nerd.

What are these people doing to do when their former students or even parents of students see them at a bar one day? Are they going to leave because they are a teacher and "shouldn't be there"? Or are they going to learn that being a teacher during the day doesn't define who they are after work is over?

I'm all for being professional. But there is a time and a place for it and a time and a place for having fun.

/end rant

Current Mood: annoyed

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