i’m teaching english. and i’m already thinking of all the other things i want to do when that’s done later this year. getting a job you like isn’t as hard as it seems … you just have to be willing to leave the so-called “security” of the boring, going nowhere job you have.
i took a job in americorps that allows me to assist teaching english to immigrants and refugess, AND allows me to organize and teach my own public speaking program. all that, and i’m only just out of uni, with no teaching degree. i started talking to this woman who’s a few years older than me and is currently in a post-grad program for teaching ESL. i realized i’ve learned by experience in the first six weeks all the things she’s supposedly learning in a year. that’s when i decided to scrap getting a degree or certificate in education – i’m already a teacher! so instead i’m going to study something i’m interested in, and that i can pass on to others. there are plenty of jobs out there for well-qualified teachers who aren’t technically “certified”. why waste my time?
well, i graduated, but i let my coursework slide at the end. i’m a bit disappointed in myself, but with so many other more important and unavoidable things going on in my life at that point, it just wasn’t worth it
My roommate got all of the seasons for Christmas. I think this counts. At least until I move.
update: I moved :-/ Back to square one.
I put up two maps. And my boyfriend and I each drew something on the wall with my permanent markers until I realized it was ruining them (the markers, not the walls). I think this counts.
Hooray! I’m officially published. Also taking a poetry writing class … a different kind of writing, but still writing!
Also, i have now officially published five articles and counting in a local European community newspaper. Yay!
Well, since I was young I’ve always wanted to live in another country. And I just up and did it, for a year! I got on a plane and showed up in England after never having been out of the U.S., and I fully intend to go back as soon as I can. :D
