When travelling abroad, would you let others know that you are a...

This is something that made me very puzzle... or maybe it's "ME" rather than others are practising this seemingly (to me) 'strange' behaviour... of keeping our profession as a SECRET.

Interesting 'disguise'... Once I travelled with a friend to Taiwan... guess what she filled up under "occupation"? "A Clerk". I wonder why?  Then recent years, travelled with a few other teacher friends in tour groups, they would agreed unanimously not to disclose our identity when asked or during the conversation. In fact, I wonder, "What's wrong being in the education?" The same happened in the most recent trip too...

No questions posted to my friends... anyway, I guess the main reasons (would not go beyond these) include

• So that others would not ask questions about our school? er... especially to parents who are 'shopping' or comparing schools... then we would be easy target to answer questions (or being a pseudo spokesperson)?
• In case we meet teachers from the 'rival' schools, and in exchange of 'glares'?
• Hear 'misconceived' ideas of 'good' lives of teachers and having the need to clarify?
• People making assumptions that we know all, so expect more questions to come?
• We could not enjoy the 'play' and 'fun' because we need to maintain our image as a no-nonsense teacher?
• Uncalled for kind of attention because we are expected to 'enforce' certain attitude/ behaviour? 

Oh! So many reasons... so much so that many of us (without second thought) would asked to have our profession 隐姓埋名？
Just wondering... is that fair to who we are actually...