From Education Assistant to Teacher, Woman Details Career Journey Through TikTok Slideshow: "You Deserve It"

From Education Assistant to Teacher, Woman Details Career Journey Through TikTok Slideshow: "You Deserve It"

  • A South African lady shared images of her journey to becoming a modern career woman
  • The pictures in the TikTok slideshow, with captions over them, detailed her struggles to become a full-time teacher
  • She did everything in her power to find employment, and social media users praised her efforts and determination

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TikTok slideshow of a career woman's employment struggle
This graduate tried her best to get a new job in her field of study, and eventually, her hustling paid off. Image: @CulisoW
Source: TikTok

A young, aspiring career woman shared her emotionally draining journey of attaining her full-time job through a detailed TikTok slideshow.

The pictures show her trials and tribulations, such as when she got rejected after her first interview.

She captioned the picture with the following:

"Didn't pass the interview, the struggle of being an EA while qualified continues."

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An EA is an education assistant. In a previous photo where she was standing on a school playground, she captioned the image:

"February 2023, got a job as an assistant."

In that same month, she shared a picture of herself in a car on her way to a job interview for the job she wanted:

"February 2023, went to my first interview for teaching."

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Her slideshows got slightly dark afterwards, showing cultural practices most prefer to keep secret.

She also posted a picture of herself sitting on her mom's grave with the caption:

"April 2023 went to clean mama's grave with the fam."
TikTok photo post of parents' graves
The woman went as far as sharing private traditions like grave cleaning, a practice most consider to be extremely private. Image: @culi083
Source: TikTok

She also mentions a supportive boyfriend several times in the captions.

Watch the slideshow below.

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The photo post was uploaded by @culi083 to her small account of 1 748 followers, but just 24 hours after posting, it was her most viewed post ever.

It gained over 174k likes and received 360 comments, mainly congratulating her.

Nnanie_Le related to her struggle:

"I'm currently working as an EA with teaching qualifications. Some days are hard but I'm patiently waiting for my time."

olwendalo said:

"Was also an EA. After a few weeks I got a permanent post, 3 weeks later I graduated. GOD."

RealLifeDoll thought a certain pic in the slideshow was a bit weird:

"Not you bathing at 2 am. congratulations, babe."

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In a similar story, Briefly News covered the emotional struggle of Tsakani Mongwe, a humble lady overcome with emotion when she finally got employment after many sympathetic people shared her battle online.

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Tsakani Mongwe had her picture shared all over social media. She was holding a signboard in the picture that served as a mini CV.

Today, the woman in the picture is employed and overflowing with gratitude.

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Max Nthite (Editor) Max Nthite is a Human Interest editor who joined Briefly in May 2023. He obtained a National Diploma in Journalism from Tshwane University of Technology in 2010 and worked for Red Bull Media House, Rekord West/ Wes Newspaper/ Koerant, Rekord East / Oos Newspaper/ Koerant as a journalist. He also worked for the South African Broadcasting Corporation on Channel Africa Radio and for ANN 7 as TV news reporter.