Education • Relief teaching never felt like a chore to me

Forum writer Chan Wai Han's letter "Relief teaching stint long ago convinced me not to enter the profession" (Sept 26) does not gel with my perspective of relief teaching.

- Raymond Han

Coincidentally, during the time the writer did relief teaching, I was also a relief English language teacher, spending 10 years in secondary schools.

I was privileged to have been given teaching assignments spanning entire academic years in one school where I was tasked with a full-time teacher's roles, including co-form teacher and pastoral care after school hours. Making weekly lesson plans, marking students' work, setting examination papers, vetting and invigilating were part and parcel of my work.