𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚: 𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫-𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞

𝙱𝚢: 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚖𝚒𝚎 𝙿. 𝙺𝚊𝚍𝚞𝚜𝚊𝚕𝚎 𝚂𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝚂𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚕 𝚃𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝙸𝙸 𝙻𝚕𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚊 𝙽𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝙷𝚒𝚐𝚑 𝚂𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚕 𝙳𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚝 𝙸𝚜𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝙳𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝗙𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗽, 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀. Yes, she is a servant. She serves the people, the government, her family, and rarely herself. But, in the imaginary world she creates, it is the other way around. Even if that world burns to ashes, somehow, her dreamy fame stays with her - because everybody knows who she is. Every move she makes, every word she says, every cloth she wears, her everything cannot escape the ogling eyes of those who constantly watch her. But she must get used to it. But she is not, in any way, like a wind that blows and goes anywhere it wants. She doesn’t have much choice. But whatever happens to her and her career, she will always be a mother and a teacher. She is a mother in two different worlds, each one stacked with huge responsibilities. She struggles to serve two masters at the same time. In her two worlds, one world often takes a back seat. She feels this every time she steps out of the door to leave behind her sleeping child, letting her be taken care of by someone else until she returns. At work and away from the place of her motherhood, more responsibilities await her. In the four corners of the classroom, she serves as any servant would. Needing her services were heterogenous dozens of children with different learning styles and multiple intelligences. As she steps into her second world, a complicated role starts – watching, caring, teaching, and guiding children other than her own. She must do this to keep her first world alive. She had no choice. Her existence holds together her one life as she plays dual roles in each separate world. In her role as a mother, she is more than a mother because she must also be a teacher. In her role as a teacher, she is more than a teacher because she must also be a mother. Her life, therefore, is larger than the roles she plays. Five in the morning, the bell rings, and her beautiful dream of being a queen acquires a new meaning. The ringing becomes a soft caress, gently leading her one life to the two worlds that await her, not as a queen but as a mother and a teacher. 🅴🅽🅳 Editor's note: Mater et Magistra is Latin for "Mother and Teacher" NB. 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒏𝒐𝒏-𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒍, 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒔, 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔, 𝒏𝒆𝒘𝒔, 𝒇𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔, 𝒐𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔, 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒎𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒑𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒏 𝑫𝒆𝒑𝑬𝒅 𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒂’𝒔 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒘𝒆𝒃𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒔. 𝑨𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒕 (𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒑𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔) 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒗𝒊𝒂 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒈𝒆 (𝑷𝑴) 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒓 𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒍 𝒂𝒕 𝗽𝗮𝘂_𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗮@𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗱.𝗴𝗼𝘃.𝗽𝗵