Welcome everyone to your second blogging
assignment. This time, you will have to explain why you decided to embark on
the couse you are currently studying for. You should then consider including:
- Your dream jobs when you were a child
- Other course options that you had at the moment
of applying to university
- What made you decide in the end
- Your experience at university until now
- The kind of job you would like to have
Posdata:
- Your text should have no less than 130 words
- Leave a comment on three of your classmates' posts and on your teacher's post as well.
Open the Door
Do
you remember when I posted on my blog that 'I didn't know what to do with
my life once I finished school'? Well, to be more exact, that 'lost-in-space'
story did not begin at that stage of my life. However, before I go any further,
let me put this flattering remark into more optimistic words, so you can derive some useful
meaning from it.
Here
I go again. It happened to be at a very early age that I wanted to do so many
different things. I
thought I had the potential and freedom to do whatever I
wanted to do. I had on my mind: becoming a garbage collector, spaceship
pilot, gardener, cook, secretary, president, Teleton drummer, etc. As
you
can see, everything was all connected.
As
I started focusing on one thing (earning a life in the 90's had to do
with choosing one career path and die then 'in office'), I envisaged
working in
something related to literature. The thing was that I had won a poetry
competition
at Universidad de Valparaiso around 2004-05. So it made total sense to
me that if I
was going to choose one thing only with no turning back, that thing had
to be
Spanish Literature. To cut a long story short, I applied to Universidad
de
Chile. My first option was Spanish literature. And my second one was
English Language and Literature (linguistics). You might guess what
happened.
My
first year in the English programme was awful. I failed. Obviously
the only one thing I learned at school was 'open the door' and
'close the window' with some minor variations, such as 'open the door,
please-please'. But I was determined to overcome my English flaws and make
it through. Guess what again. I made it.
Now,
I have over nine years of experience working as a teacher, though, I am, strictly
speaking, a linguist (someone who dedicates himself/herself to the study
of language). I finished my MA degree in linguistics, specialising in
linguistic anthropology, which is basically the study of language and its
sociocultural relatedness.
In
mid-term future, I would love to continue my studies (hopefully a PhD) and do
more academic work, especially at Universidad de Chile: my second home.
I loved that you want to be a garbage collector, its great!
ResponderEliminarI also wanted to study spanish literature :)
ResponderEliminarInteresting, i hope you have your Phd soon.
ResponderEliminarIt is very encouraging to know that it was also difficult for you to learn English.
ResponderEliminarI really like your determination! Luck with the future PhD :)
ResponderEliminarI think your specialty is very interesting, but i still have a question. When did you decided to become a professor? :O
ResponderEliminarthe fact that English has been difficult for you and not now, gives me hope :’D
ResponderEliminarThe part when you mention “die then in an office” made me reflect, and I assume the most of us in some point of our life have think in that.
ResponderEliminarIt seems that everyone who wanted literature ends up in art in some way.
ResponderEliminarI find your personal improvement with English excellent
ResponderEliminarIs really funny read that you wanted to be president and Teleton drummer lol
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