Over it.

Jan 22, 2008 08:47

I cannot express how over teaching english I am.  I really can't.  I passionately hate it.  I suck at it.  Things were be different I guess if I were a natural, but I'd rather curl up and die than spend 3 hours teaching someone how to properly string a sentence with the verb 'to be ( Read more... )

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destinationmetz January 22 2008, 09:08:47 UTC
argh, I know you how feel! Teaching english is like killing oneself slowly and painfully. Everyday after teaching I just feel like crap and wonder what the hell I'm doing. I also can't afford not to work, my partner earns barely a drop so not working isn't an option.
I don't htink opening your own business is a crazy idea at all. Depends what it is. Maybe you could start a business that operates online before you went in for a shop front and all that jazz?
Life is too short..and teaching English sucks. I've resigned myself to being stuck teaching it for about five years minimum.

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oiseau_boheme January 22 2008, 09:29:36 UTC
I gave myself the same time limit... 5 years. well I'm going on 3 now. I spent 2 years as a lousy assistant, and now I'm working for private companies.... not much better and no holidays. So I can't win. One of the main problems is that I've never been properly trained as a teacher...which I'm sure is the case for 95% of the assistants.
The business idea changes everyday... so I really don;t know what I want to do... and I have 2 years left to figure that out.

Life is too short... and I would hate myself if I spent most of it teaching english...

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destinationmetz January 22 2008, 10:12:48 UTC
I'm currently a lousy assistant myself. Doing primary, which is pure hell. I'm going to try and re-apply but as an IUFM assistant. Otherwise I guess I'll go the recruit locale track or try my hand at private companies. I also have no training, I would love a spare three grand to take the CELTA course because it's not fair to the students or to me, but then, the job isn't exactly set up in a fashion that makes it so. I find it pretty ridiculous that as an untrained person I am left to teach 30 children in a room alone. I'm even teaching a class of kids with learning disabilities..it's like wtf? I have no qualifications! But I have to take what I can get.

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aphrodite_187 January 22 2008, 19:54:55 UTC
Alas, the two Maduell daughters are yet again in a quandary. I know exactly how you feel, and I'm even preparing to write a rant of an LJ pst. When does it all end, huh?

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