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Passionate about education
I have a bee in a bonnet about education and I want to share it - but don't worry, it doesn't sting!
Prior to teach, I was a specialised translator and interpreter traveling and working with clients in the marketing, education and health industries. However, right after graduating and before starting as a freelancer, I obtained my TESOL diploma and started teaching on a part-time basis.
Learning brings me joy and I have a soft spot for communicative, playful teaching methods, exploring with curiosity, patience and determination.
But before realising that teaching was what I really wanted to do, I had to travel the world, meet different people, cultures, learn and change my mind (oh, so many times!).
Indeed, I knew I loved education, work as a tutor, trainer and - occasionally - as an external examiner or teacher for different organisations and universities, but at that time I was still a translator and I loved my job.
Can you love a job but feeling that it is not the right one for you? Well, yes.
Especially when you have many passions...so many that choosing one over the other becomes a struggle.
As a child, I remember loving animals, playing the piano, reading and listening to my dad's adventures.
I loved learning, but I found that the school environment wasn't very good at helping me. Why? I'll tell you a secret: I'm a bit of a rebel and I believe in a different teaching approach.
Think about yourself as a child: did you go to school to learn your native language? Did you have a school teacher teaching you how to walk, ride a bike or telling you what to like and dislike?
I didn't. And, as many other children, I learned the natural - sometimes difficult! - way.
I believe that #learningalanguage is a process that goes and continues beyond the book, the grammar rule and the time spent in a class. It's a cognitive, emotional and cultural process that allows ourselves to explore and become more aware of ourselves, discover new cultures and open our minds, reach professional goals, create new habits, find new passions, have fun, train our brain, stay healthy, stay motivated.
Learning a language is an ongoing process that can start at any time and will follow you throughout your life.
Homework
Here's your first piece of homework: think about your experience as a student and write down the things that you like about studying, the things that you don't like and what do you think should change in the world of education?
Love,
Sarah Catherine
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