This document discusses choosing a career as a teacher. It begins by defining economic value and how utility gives an object value. It then discusses choosing teaching by design, necessity, or default. It explains that choice is determined by the desirability and strength of competing options, and that attention and choice are maximized through pleasantness. Choosing teaching by choice leads to immediate satisfaction, while choosing by default requires cultivating love for the job over time to derive satisfaction. The document advocates choosing teaching to gain high job satisfaction, which doubles performance and benefits students.

1. Welcome
to the presentation on
Choosing to be
a Teacher
GRK MURTY

2. Economic Value
An object can have no value unless it has
utility. No one will give anything for an article
unless it yields him satisfaction. Doubtless
people are sometimes foolish, and buy things,
as children do, to please a moment’s fancy;
but at least they think at the moment that
there is a wish to be gratified
-F.M. Taussig, Principles of Economics, 1912
GRK

3. Choosing to be a Teacher
• By design?
–It’s my choice
–I’m choosing it
now
• I have to choose?
• I can’t but choose?
• By default?

4. Choice
• Two distinctions of ‘orientation’ towards
any phenomenon
– ‘To’ or ‘From’ it
– Attraction or repulsion
– Acceptance or rejection
• Positive or negative orientation to the
perceived phenomenon

5. Choice
• Pleasantness of condition is a sum or
an integral of acceptabilities of the four
components of consciousness – smell,
taste, tactile senses and emotions
• ‘Happiness’ is the upper limit of the
maximization of PCS

6. Choice
• Determined by comparative strength of
the desirabilities of the competing
elements of choice
• Choice = attention
• Attention = maximization of
pleasantness

7. Choosing to be a Teacher
• By choice
– Tons of satisfaction
Happiness
• By default
– Tones of dis-
satisfaction
Un-happiness

8. Satisfaction
• The fulfillment or gratification of a
desire, need, or appetite.
• Pleasure or contentment derived from
such gratification.
• A source or means of gratification.
• When U get what U want, U feel
satisfied
• PCS – is pretty high

9. ‘Will’ the Choice
• ‘Will’ = a power or ability to prefer or
choose
• ‘Will’ influences choice
• ‘Will’ effort directs attention to choice

10. ‘Will’ the satisfaction: ‘J’
Model
‘Will’ to take things as they come
Acceptance levels go up
It no longer bothers U
U will be fine, for U start Loving it
U derive satisfaction

11. All ‘Job Satisfactions’ are
Derived
• If it’s by choice, satisfaction is immediate
(nevertheless it is a derivation)
• If it’s by default, U have to cultivate love
for the job; So, derivation takes time
• But, derived satisfaction is sweetie since it
was sweated for

12. Why job satisfaction?
• If U R happy with what you are doing
your performance will be doubled
• U would be simply effective in Ur job
• U become a great teacher
• Ur students stand benefited

13. Choice = pleasantness = becoming
• Enthusiastic, fertile and very energetic
teacher
• Eager to go out of the way to support a
student
• Making everything that was taught
interesting
• Establishing most friendly and human
relations between himself and his class

14. Choice = pleasantness =
becoming
• Utmost concern for students’ welfare
• ‘Learned’ and accurate
• Fastidious
• A good man – both good and
benevolent
• Despising acts of vicious or base nature
• Goodness combined with delicious
humour

15. So?
‘Will’ the choice
and enjoy
teaching