Post 2 ___ Why did you choose this career/study programme?

 Level 3 - Post 2 (week 4) Why did you choose this career/study programme?



Write about:
- your dream jobs when you were a child
- other career options that you had at the moment of applying to university
- what made you decide in the end
- your experience at university until now
- the kind of job you would like to have

 > word count: 120 words

 > don't forget to leave comments on 3 of your classmates posts and on your teacher's post as well.

______________________

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 on taking up on 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 two first 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


Comments

  1. CatalinaApril 15, 2019 at 2:07 PM

    I think is a beautiful way to choose a career based on what we dream. Some teachers don't consider important the social change, I'm happy you do.

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  2. Vane GajardoApril 15, 2019 at 2:10 PM

    I Hope I could one day learn english to travel to other countries and speak without problems

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  3. Macarena Tapia CanalesApril 15, 2019 at 2:10 PM

    I hope to learn english and be able to travel other countries and get to know other cultures.

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  4. evelyn gormazApril 15, 2019 at 2:14 PM

    in another life, you would study the same???

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  5. Antonia PhillipsApril 15, 2019 at 2:15 PM

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  6. Michael LieberherrApril 15, 2019 at 2:15 PM

    I think a PHD is a very good option. I hope move to Switzerland in two years more, its a very beautiful conuntry

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  7. Antonia PhillipsApril 15, 2019 at 2:16 PM

    Netherlands seems a really good place to improve in english and apart it`s such a beautiful place.

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  8. Consuelo Morales AriasApril 15, 2019 at 2:41 PM

    I think it's so beautiful the social change, specially through the education. Congratulation for your job!

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  9. IsidoraApril 15, 2019 at 3:37 PM

    Language opens your doors to the world, it seems to me a fascinating option to study. I hope all your future plans result, good luck!!!!

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  10. MatíasApril 15, 2019 at 4:56 PM


    Being a teacher is a very nice profession, it is an incredible and very important work for the future of a better and more inclusive society

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  11. YerkoApril 15, 2019 at 5:35 PM


    I have always felt a great admiration for people who choose to be professors.

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  12. Matìas Escobar GodoyApril 15, 2019 at 9:03 PM

    I'm grateful that you left the office and went back to being a teacher. Let's see if now I learn what I could not at school.

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  13. Javi Canelo RojasApril 22, 2019 at 2:04 PM

    We got a lot in common, like the love of travel

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  14. Prof. MasíasJune 24, 2019 at 12:44 PM

    Checked.

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  15. Cristóbal OPJune 24, 2019 at 1:33 PM

    That's a good reason

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