being a teacher is nowadays a challenge according to a lot of people. today the big strike in the netherlands has to lead to more teachers, less pressure and stress and a better payment. of course it is a challenge being a teacher, but i think it is also a blessing. being trusted with the education of other people means someone trusts you to be able to teach them something, something they can use later on in their lives. two years ago, i was still being educated in teaching and met my first failure in education. that is the hard part, not being able to handle every student and class. for a lot of teachers, these failures and the time pressure are the reasons to search for another job, no longer in education. teachers are different and not every student or class fits. like all people teachers also keep learning from live, from science, from books, from other teachers, from news items and from their students. so maybe the students you weren't able to teach previously, will be a