Morning update
Sep. 28th, 2006 09:29 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
eveglassFirst off, today's breadcrumb is a list of unanswered questions that I considered using for the topic of yesterday's essay.
I'd like to thank everyone who took the time to comment on my posts yesterday. I was in a bad state, truly. Between PMS and sleep deprivation, my emotions were going absolutely haywire.
"Sleep deprivation?" you ask. Why yes! Sleep deprivation. For the first time in years, I had a dream on Tuesday night / Wednesday morning that actually jolted me into wakefulness. In a nutshell: I was in a mortal-combat-type arena, fighting someone I no longer remember. I'd managed to get him into a headlock, so that his head was at about the level of my stomach. He inhaled and breathed out some sort of energy weapon, which was intended to hit my stomach, chest, and head. I managed to twist away just enough for it to avoid the vitals but instead hit my ribs and shoulder. The pain was so intense that it woke me up, and actually took about five minutes for my brain to realize that, as I was no longer asleep, I didn't need to hurt anymore. It was 5:20 am.
Needless to say, the rest of my day was less than pleasant. My mind was constantly asking questions:
- Do I quit the job (which I have no yet started) at Nordia? Or do I try to incorporate it into job-hunting?
- Do I want to take an ESL course, and if so, which one?
- Do I take the course at CELTA? Or do I try to save the money and find jobs without it?
- Do I want to go overseas, or do I want to try to find ESL work in Montreal?
Many questions, fewer answers. Or rather, many answers that varied throughout the day depending on what I was feeling.
Thankfully, I'm doing better this morning. The plan, such as it is: call up ESL schools and ask them what kind of credentials they're looking for in their teachers. That way, I'll have a better idea of what I need, and whether it's worthwhile to take the CELTA course.
One last thing: I was a bit vague in my last post. I realize I gave the impression that I was doing the ESL so that I could spend a year overseas teaching English. While this is an option, it is not my primary option. I would rather stay in Montreal and teach if possible. I had enough problems living in Toronto for 9 months, with trips home every 6 weeks. I can only imagine what my mental state would be like after a year without direct contact, living halfway (or even a quarter-way) across the world.
TTFN for now. As Ernst would say, "have a yummy day!" (Mine will contain ice cream.)
I'd like to thank everyone who took the time to comment on my posts yesterday. I was in a bad state, truly. Between PMS and sleep deprivation, my emotions were going absolutely haywire.
"Sleep deprivation?" you ask. Why yes! Sleep deprivation. For the first time in years, I had a dream on Tuesday night / Wednesday morning that actually jolted me into wakefulness. In a nutshell: I was in a mortal-combat-type arena, fighting someone I no longer remember. I'd managed to get him into a headlock, so that his head was at about the level of my stomach. He inhaled and breathed out some sort of energy weapon, which was intended to hit my stomach, chest, and head. I managed to twist away just enough for it to avoid the vitals but instead hit my ribs and shoulder. The pain was so intense that it woke me up, and actually took about five minutes for my brain to realize that, as I was no longer asleep, I didn't need to hurt anymore. It was 5:20 am.
Needless to say, the rest of my day was less than pleasant. My mind was constantly asking questions:
- Do I quit the job (which I have no yet started) at Nordia? Or do I try to incorporate it into job-hunting?
- Do I want to take an ESL course, and if so, which one?
- Do I take the course at CELTA? Or do I try to save the money and find jobs without it?
- Do I want to go overseas, or do I want to try to find ESL work in Montreal?
Many questions, fewer answers. Or rather, many answers that varied throughout the day depending on what I was feeling.
Thankfully, I'm doing better this morning. The plan, such as it is: call up ESL schools and ask them what kind of credentials they're looking for in their teachers. That way, I'll have a better idea of what I need, and whether it's worthwhile to take the CELTA course.
One last thing: I was a bit vague in my last post. I realize I gave the impression that I was doing the ESL so that I could spend a year overseas teaching English. While this is an option, it is not my primary option. I would rather stay in Montreal and teach if possible. I had enough problems living in Toronto for 9 months, with trips home every 6 weeks. I can only imagine what my mental state would be like after a year without direct contact, living halfway (or even a quarter-way) across the world.
TTFN for now. As Ernst would say, "have a yummy day!" (Mine will contain ice cream.)
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