My Job

                                                                                              Author: Ada

                                                                       Translator: Michelle

I find my job as computer teacher to mentally handicapped children at the Polytechnic University both enjoyable and demanding. Some students are very lovable. Although they are not too smart, they are naive and follow instructions well. On the other hand, some are very naughty, and can create havoc for you. Some are very bad tempered. They can scare you so much that you dare not touch them. Overall, they deserve to be treated in the same way as everybody else in society for they are not “aliens” or some “special species”. I think they should receive even more care and attention from the public. Therefore I usually talk with them to show my concern during break time even though it helps very little. As for the job being demanding, I’m sure it’s because I have to work quite hard. I would like very much to teach them computer skills, but because they have a handicap, I have to use my entire vocabulary in order to get through to them, and I also have to force them to pay attention. It is harder to teach them than anyone else, but because I care about them, I shall continue even though it is hard work.