How dedicated are you as a teacher?

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I have worked with the Indigenous People's children in the mountain of Kimataan 2 here in the Philippines. Honestly, teaching would be the last profession I will consider because I hate being boxed-in in the 4 corners of the classroom. I am a community development worker by profession and I do research at the same time. When I had my on-the-job training in one NGO in the place where I studied college, I got deployed to the place of the Dibabawon. That NGO built a complete primary school to provide the need of education of the children. They lacked teachers to teach so we (the OJT's) were asked to teach! At first I thought for the sake of my grade, i'll do the job. I was assigned in a combination class of grades 1 and 2 - the children have poor memory and comprehension ability. I studied their dialect and taught in the class with thier dialect. I had to guide their hands in writing their name and I had to repeat everything 100 times just for them to understand. Tiring isn't it? But the moment I heard them read - du-go (blood) I jumped with Joy. The lesson for that day talked about the blood of the Tribal Chieftains that have been shed to protect their ancestral domain. Being part of the children's success and joy is my pride. I may lack dedication in teaching but I love to teach the less fortunate ones!