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Pizazz all dampened down
Back at work. Tired. Bored. Uninspired. damp weather. dark streets. running out of spice tea.
Something new though in the afternoon! my colleague told me about a TEFL/CELTA thingy course to be 'delivered' in our town. It's about learning to teach English as a foreign language. This is something I have been interested in for ages.
Our local college (which I have tried and tested and rejected) is putting (if they actually do it) on the course that I thought I would have to go to Leeds for and take 4 weeks off work to do. As it is to be local I would be able to do it the long way, this means going 2 nights a week for several months as opposed to intensively for four weeks. This is very good news.
I am somewhat dubious that it will actually take place in our town. Last time I enrolled on a course it changed venue 3 times and ended up in Leeds. In fact, that is where I will be going tomorrow morning. It means getting up extra early and leaving the house at around 7 if I want to sit on a comfortable fast train with a table to myself and the option of a bacon sandwich on the way, or... if I don't manage that I can leave the house at 8 and sit on a crowded train with my arms squashed in and hoping I won't have to do anything irritating to my passenger neighbour like coughing. I can stop off on the way for a breakfast bagel if I don't mind being late and getting in trouble with Teacher.
I am already somewhat in trouble as I completely forgot to tell anyone I would not being going to class last week as I would be in London working. I was too focussed on the London job to be worrying about my empty seat at Leeds Met. Now I will have to apologise. I did get a nice email from Teach and the handouts in the post - they were a bit yucky by the time I got them though as one of the affiliate members of the cat club that meets at my house had weed all over them (this is the equivalent of signing in the visitor book). If I have time before tomorrow, which I won't, I will scan them into my computer and print them out again (the originals being a bit pongy).
The reason I won't have time is because I have an application form to fill in for the TEFL/CELTA course. The closing date for applications being Thursday, so I need to get it in the post tomorrow. As part of the application I need to do a 'pre-interview task'. Basically this is a questionnaire/test of my suitability as a teacher of English.
I am a dreadful student. I complain about absolutely everything. I would rather study with a robot than a real live person. Correspondence courses are OK if I don't meet the teacher. The minute I meet the teacher I either absolutely can't stand being in the same room or I fall passionately in love to the point of obsession. For best results the latter is usually preferable as I try extra hard and also lose weight (a six month course would be about what I could do with losing at the moment).
My colleague and I would both be able to go to the college together if we are both accepted on the course. It could be a supportive relationship or we could end up being competitive perhaps, or I might give up if he gets better marks than me. I could end up sobbing at my desk on a frequent basis. Or, it could be jolly good fun. None of this is likely to happen though if I don't fill in the application form. So that is what I am going to do right now. Or in a minute when I have fed the snails and maybe watched a hindi film or eaten something or washed my hair (which is made of wool by the way in case I haven't mentioned it).
p.s. I really want to put Beachhutman on as one of my favourite bloggers but I don't know how to do it. I see I have managed to put Hi Diddly Dee on but have no recollection of how I did it. I have skills when I am on holiday that disappear once I get back to my office job.
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To date 5 Comment(s)
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(22.11.05 18:59)
Hi Maisie - welcome!
To add BHM to your favourites, go to his blog and there will be a link that you can click - something like 'add BHM to my favourites' - et voila...
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(22.11.05 23:29)
Hey thanks Floaty
That must be how I entered the other one. I completely forgot how I had done it!
Maisie
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