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This is my Profession

(This is an old post from my FS blog:Tuesday, October 21st, 2008)

I love my job that’s why I’m writing this.

I know that you can’t please everyone in this world; but sometimes, even a little thank you will mean everything to a person.

I have been working as a soft skills trainer for 2 years and I really love what I am doing. I am still honing my craft in training and even teaching. I want to be better in what I am doing. I do commit mistakes, but I do learn from them. No matter how much I love my job, there are times when I want to hate what I am doing and the situation I am in. Not because I am tired or I hate my colleagues, but it’s for the fact that I am facing ungrateful people who look at me and my fellow soft skills trainers as JUST trainers. I don’t want to be praised, I don’t want to be placed on a pedestal, all I want is a little respect and a little consideration. I don’t want people undermining what we do. We don’t settle for mediocrity and I pity you if you hate us for doing what is right, and for living up to excellence. I pity you if you see me as strict and scary just because I correct trainees lapses. If aiming for mediocrity is what people are asking me to do, I will surely step down and ask some imbecile to do my job.

I love my job but I hate how people treat us. Once they pass their training, they suddenly act like horses with blinders and wouldn’t even dare say hi to you. Worse, even talk behind your back. I was never the good student. But everytime I see my teachers, I never forget to flash a smile or even strike a simple conversation. I am thankful that I had teachers like them - teachers who molded me into the person that I am right now. I just don’t understand the fact that people underestimate who we are, just because we don’t talk about routers and all that shit. Just because we only talk about grammar, pronunciation, customer service, and the whole shebang. I hope that these people would realize the importance of communication skills - one thing, which until now is a common complain of the NA customers because they can’t understand the person whom they are talking to. And now, you think we’re here just to entertain people and waste four days of their lives?

I know this is part of the job and this is just the tip of the iceberg. I know I am complaining, I know I am whining. I am doing all this because I am insulted - with the way people see us, and with the way people treat us.

I don’t want people to fear me. I want them to understand that I am doing this because I want excellence in everything that I do. I am who I am to them because I care and I value their future. I may not be perfect, I may not know everything that they ask, but I know I am doing my best to train future leaders and not just ordinary people. Every trainee has his/her own potential. Each person deserves to be respected.

Being a trainer is not JUST my occupation, it IS my profession.

If you were in my shoes, you will understand where this pathetic angst is coming from…

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