Originally Posted by Unregistered

You are right in essentially saying that teaching is not only a calling, but also a job, and should be treated as such. But what is disturbing is how much MOE tries to gaslight teachers into buying into the constant shifting of goalposts (in a single direction) for what a 'normal teacher's workload' should be, or for any semblance of career progression opportunities. Some teachers who cannot cope with the insane workload expected of the average teacher start to believe that it is their own inadequacy and incompetence, while the Ministry continues to believe that teachers' passion and love for students will be an indefinite driver to meeting increasingly onerous expectations.