Is teaching a job or passion?

HenLaoLaoShi (expat in China)

I know a number of Chinese teachers who would certainly say that being a teacher is their passion. For me, as a foreign teacher, if I was not passionate about teaching, I would not be here.

My most amusing episode was the time I taught the wrong class. I had nine separate classes that year. I entered a classroom one morning and began my class. I recognized the students as some of my students and thought no more about it. At one point during the class the head teacher for that class came by and looked in the window, but said nothing. Long story short, I was in the wrong class and both the students and the teacher let me teach the whole class and never said a word.

An English class at a rural school in the suburbs of Hefei is taught by an American teacher, Sept 11, 2012. [Photo/Xinhua]