In a midnight summer`s night dream Shakespeare once said Is not birth,

beauty, good, shape, discourse, manhood, learning, gentleness, virtue,

youth,
liberality, and such like, the spice and salt that season a man?. Never
has this been more relevant than in the 21st century, especially when
the liberties, learning opportunities and personal virtues in the world
are in peril. Once thought to be the emancipating factor in one`s life,
learning in formal settings has become increasingly more difficult,
especially for those with Little or no access to technology or with the
economic capacity to afford private schooling.
If such is the situation ofl learning as such, teaching does not escape
from this dreadful reality. Those behind the teaching find it harder and
harder to secure a place to shape discourse, good, beauty and the
liberties of the individual. The noble task of a teacher is under peril and
the benefits of becoming one, be it in the public or private sector, are
scarce and hard fought.
Bourdieu mentioned in his article.. that teachers construct their
practice and identities when they transition from pre-service to service
settings, this certainly holds true. The realities of these teaching
tradition are steep, difficult to handle and challenging per se, but most
depend on the good will of the teacher and an on-going support on the
part of the trainers and mentors behind a good teacher. What seems to
still be unclear i show we can help teachers juggle with the perils of
securing a safe and rewarding job when public and private schools,
and particularly universities hire them on an hourly paid basis and with
no social security and robust pension scheme services to secure not
only a good professional identity but also a dignified and sustainable
future.
This piece of writing attempts to unfold what the realities of hourly paid
teachers are in Colombia? Latin America?, the reasons why state and
private universities have opted for such way of hiring them, and the
implications of these way of contracts in the teaching and research of
the programs they work for. The work habitus of the teacher is
becoming contested, contesting, unsafe and undignified.
Shakespeare will probably re think midnight summer dream for the
world now to midsummer midnight nightmare