Beginner A, Post 2, 'Why did you choose this study program?'
Warm Salutations, Earthlings from FACSO
In this week, you are expected to 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 the university until now
- the kind of job you would like to have
> word count: 130 words
> don't forget to leave comments on 3 of your classmates' posts and on your teacher's post as well.
As usual, I leave a sample post for you to make fun of or to take it as a starting point for your own written work,
Since I was a child, I did not think about getting a job or dreaming –daydreaming, perhaps- about getting a job. I did not contemplate the idea of an ideal job because it simply did not exist in my childish world. I was really into video games, soccer, and cycling. Now, that I think of it, I never imagined myself making money out of playing video games or playing soccer. I thought they were only hobbies to spend my time on.
When applying to a University program, there was a hand of career options I seriously considered following: Philosophy, Literature, Medicine, and Law. I decided for English Pedagogy because I saw English as a medium for reaching an end (nowadays I still do), what sort of end, you might ask. It was an end to reach Literature and Education from other perspectives, the ones from an English-speaking country.
When recalling some experiences from my experience at University, I only will tell you they were not as satisfactory as I could have thought they would be, mainly because of an idealism one may nurture from adolescence, or because of I felt sort of misplaced inside the university community itself. I would like to think it was because of the latter.
There is no ideal job for me to think of, but I would like to say that I would like to lecture on two topics; (a) English Literature as a matter of intellectual escapism, and (b) Methodology and Applied Linguistics to prospective Teachers of English as a Second Language.
What about you?
Thanks for reading,
Cheers.
ReplyDeletehow interesting the topics for the conference! I sign up
I really liked your post! When I was a child, I didn´t know very much about jobs, but, as you, I loved play soccer and video games, jajaja.
ReplyDeleteYour post made me reflect that I want to go back to childhood and not think about the future or jobs.
ReplyDeleteThis post made me think about the extreme planning that one has to do in life
ReplyDeleteVery varied your options to study, it's cool that you chose English Pedagogy
ReplyDeleteHi Rene! i like too much the literature, despite i like too the sociology xd
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ReplyDeleteI think is interesting the idea of "the english literature as an intellectual escapism question". I would like to assist at one of your conferences without a doubt.
DeleteI think it is okay not to have a dream job or not even thinking about what to do next in your life. The important thing is that you have to be relaxed and enjoy each moment.
ReplyDeleteIt"s very interesting think about how people change his way of thinking as it grows. When you are a child you only think in playing and get fun, then you grow up, and you have more and more responsabilities during the years.
ReplyDeleteHow interesting that you have thought about studying medicine, at some point I also oriented myself towards the hard sciences
ReplyDeleteIt's very interesting how life plans change over time, the good thing is that you are happy doing what you do
ReplyDeleteI share what you mentioned! You come to college with high expectations, which are not always met):
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