Blog Post 2: Why did I choose my major? (Week 4)
Say what you study and why you study it. Include this information: · What was your dream job as a child? · What other study options did you have? · What made you decide on this major? · How has your experience at the university been until now? Upload pictures Make comments on 3 of your classmates’ posts + a comment on your teacher's post Word Count: 130 words |
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I studied English Linguistics, and I always thought "what would my future job be?"… And here I am!!
I always wanted to have a fun, light, easy-going and not too hard to-do-job, but always wanted to be with people.
From all the many areas I could work in, I always wanted something neither too-much outdoors nor indoors. Furthermore, I wanted something that would produce some kind of social change, a good, important and deep change.
In other matters, I wanted to travel, to see the world, to meet strange people, well... strange meaning, different than me and my friends and family. With teaching languages, I have been able to do all the former, which leads me to think it was the right choice.
I tried working in an office once, in a job that was not as stressful as a teacher's job, but after a year, and after missing the classrooms a lot, I decided to go back to stressful, challenging but rewarding teaching.
Nowadays, I am thinking about taking up PHD studies in the field of Applied Linguistics. I would like to do it either in the Netherlands, Switzerland and/or England.
I would like to do it in those countries. Well, in the first two ones because they have a long history of successful multilingualism and because they are definitely good at languages. England, on the other hand, would be my last choice, and this is because of a fact that gave birth to a joke, that is, - and please, no offense-, but the joke says: "how do you call a person who speaks only one language? […] you call them British"...LOL
It really was a good joke haha. How great it is to be able to perfect the language and teaching in another country.
ResponderEliminarGood luck with your studies abroad:)
ResponderEliminarif you have a possibility to do a PHD in the Netherlands, Switzerland and/or England please take me jajaja.
ResponderEliminarCan we know how was that bored job? Maybe is a good idea stays in the same job, sometime the changes are bad for our dreams
ResponderEliminarthat cool to study in another country, the luckiest with all that!
ResponderEliminarThey say you go back to where you were happy, so it was probably the right choice hahaha.
ResponderEliminarwaaaaaaaa studying in another country must be great, I hope travel to many places throughout my life, meet new people around the world and learning about the cultures of the places.
ResponderEliminarI also want a light and easy job... and with good salary, please haha
ResponderEliminarAmazing... I'm so happy that you would working in something that you feeling happy
ResponderEliminarGood joke hahaha I'd heard that about the Brits. I hope you get to go to Netherlands o Switzerland!
ResponderEliminarIt's good that you can work on what you like, it's a privilege that not everyone has. Also I would like to study in another country too.
ResponderEliminarI would like to travel and know so many countries for my job, it´s looks funny!
ResponderEliminarLiving good experiences outside of Latin America is a good thing.
ResponderEliminarHello professor, I hope you can study your specialization without problems, the experience in other countries must be great
ResponderEliminarI think studying languages opens many doors, it must be nice to get to know new countries and cultures.
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ResponderEliminarI really like the joke, make's me laugh, I think it's amazing t5o want to make a change with your work, is cool
ResponderEliminarI also hate offices!
ResponderEliminarthat is good, that this thinking in follow study and especially in two countries that speak much the language
ResponderEliminarI honestly think that your history it’s so interesting and beauty too, I have a work how violin profesor and I think similar about work with people, is stressful but comforting, because, in my opinion, and as I believe you also think, be profesor can produce a social change, and without doubt, makes an imprint on the lives of students.
ResponderEliminarAnd, the joke at the end is the best jajajaja
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ResponderEliminarWWOOOW, I have always thought that learning English was very hard and interesting, so, I can see why do you study that.
ResponderEliminarIt's great that your job has given you everything you wanted and you are happy with your decision, I hope the same thing happens to me in the future.
ResponderEliminar:0 I hope you can study wherever you want in the world and I hope you can travel to more countries to meet more people
ResponderEliminarIt is good that your preference has been to make a profound change in society. Few people dare to do something like that.
ResponderEliminar¨ produce some kind of social change, a good, important and deep change.¨ There is still faith in humanity.
ResponderEliminarI like the approach you had when choosing what you wanted to be.
ResponderEliminarI´m happy you decided come back to the class room, and be a teacher, i think thats is more funny than work in the office c:
ResponderEliminarI don't like the idea of working in an office either, I hope it never happens to me
ResponderEliminarwhat a fantastic joke! hahaha
ResponderEliminari dont like too the idea of working in the an office job, so boring...¡
ResponderEliminarYour academic life is very entertaining, teacher
ResponderEliminarHow interesting to know new cultures and their perspectives!
ResponderEliminarWhen thinking about my future job, i have thought about very similar things. For me it is also in my interest to produce an important social change:)
ResponderEliminarGood luck with the new projects!!
I hope you can do your studies PHD in the country that you want and the joke is really good
ResponderEliminarI think it is a good choice of countries, I hope you can I hope you can make that trip!
ResponderEliminarI understand what you're saying about working on something too outdoors or too indoors.
ResponderEliminarit would be too amazing to go to study in the netherlands or switzerland, and I also think that office work is very boring
ResponderEliminarI would like to work in a job that can make a social change too, for this I selected journalism. Is really boring to me the idea to work in a job without a social rol.
ResponderEliminarHey, I knew that joke with "an american" as the punchline, in a video of Doctora Polo. lol
ResponderEliminarI agree that working in an office can be a bit boring. I hope that your wishes to study in Europe can be fulfilled, i think there are several of us who dream of that jaja
ResponderEliminarMy dream is to visit Switzerland, let's go together haha
ResponderEliminarI really understand the "a-job-with-people'' thing. Some office jobs are very alienating. Is always refreshing to maintain contact with other human beings :)
ResponderEliminarno doubt you will achieve your new studies!!! and for sure you will meet more and much stranger people hahahaha!
ResponderEliminarI hope you do well in everything you have in mind!!!
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