Musings ~Part 1~ "Does being serious mean you lose out?"

Good evening! This is Yoshita!

Just when I thought I was still rolling up my sleeves in November, it suddenly got so cold that I started craving hot snacks from the convenience store.
Even with this cold, there are some students at my workplace wearing short sleeves and shorts...
According to that kid, long sleeves don't come out until around February. No, that's way too late! Haha.

Well, I made my first post the other day, and I'm honestly surprised that it caught the eyes of more people than I expected.
To everyone who read it, thank you very much.

I'm not sure what to talk about after my self-introduction, but this time I'd like to talk about why I'm aiming to become a teacher.

If you'd like, please stick with me until the end this time as well.

1. The reason I'm aiming to become a teacher

Although the heading is "The reason I'm aiming to become a teacher," strictly speaking, this isn't a story about the "trigger," but rather a story about "what I want to do once I become a teacher."

This might be sudden, but I think I'm a more serious person compared to those around me.
While my friends around me enjoy alcohol and cigarettes, I haven't experienced either yet. Although I do occasionally count my absences carefully and take a day off from university... haha.
Despite things like that, I'm the type who firmly follows the rules that should be followed.
I don't mean to say, "I'm great because I don't drink, hmph!"
Well, it's a matter of personal freedom, after all...

However, one day while talking with a friend, they said something that bothered me a little.

Certainly, I think what that friend said is undeniably true. But when you think about it calmly, it's strange, isn't it? Originally, it should be "losing out *despite* living seriously," but it feels like it has become "losing out *because* you live seriously."

I don't really care about a "society where dishonest people benefit," but I cannot forgive a "society where serious people lose out." To be more specific, I cannot forgive a "society where people who live seriously feel relatively like they are losing out because dishonest people are benefiting."

Of course, I cannot change society's perception on my own, even if I wanted to.
However, at the very least, I want to clearly show the children and students I interact with in the future that there is nothing wrong with living seriously.
I want to give serious children the evaluation they deserve for their behavior and have them live their future lives with confidence.
If I'm lucky, I hope that the students I've helped will carry on this sentiment, pass the baton to future generations, and change society... that is my thought on education and the reason I'm aiming for the teaching profession.

However, if you ask me if I can do that right now, honestly, it's difficult.
To be blunt, right now I'm just a painful person talking only about ideals.
However, I still have a little bit of time left.
During the rest of my student life, my biggest goal is to find my own answer to what the necessary skills are to provide appropriate evaluations for each person, what I should do to acquire those skills, and to put that into action.

2. Summary

Lastly, I want to emphasize that I don't want to deny being dishonest.
As I mentioned earlier, I don't really care about a "society where dishonest people benefit."
Well, obviously, it's not good for a thief to get money and benefit...
Well, I think it's fine for everyone to have their own way of living.
I just want to help people have confidence in their own way of living, that's all.

It's become long, but this is the end for now.
Thank you for reading this far.
See you in the next musing!