THE TENURE TRAP
It isn’t always
about how LONG we have done something; it’s about how WELL we have done it.
For example, two
teachers applied for an administrative position in their high school. One
had been teaching for 8 years, and the other for 20. Everyone expected
the teacher with the greater experience to land the job, but when a decision
was handed down the person with only 8 years teaching was chosen.
The more tenured
teacher felt cheated out of the opportunity and reacted bitterly: “I’ve got 20
years teaching to her 8,” he complained, “so I’m much more qualified.”
The School Board’s
response was simple: “Yes sir, you do have 20 years to her 8. But where
she has 8 years of diverse teaching experience, you have 1 year of experience
repeated 20 times.”
Bottom-line: The
mere passage of time does not guarantee that we have grown, learned or
accomplished as we should. We must be careful to pay attention and
perform at our God-ordained ‘best’ and not live out our lives on ‘cruise
control.’ Let’s examine ourselves – systematically, prayerfully and
honestly.
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