So grumpy today. It's Tuesday (my least fav) Also I saw someone said something on some thread about desks/chairs being too short here and that is so true. My knees/hips are killing me! finally, wtf should I do with my life? I really have no idea.
Quote from: Pennypie on July 04, 2017, 01:19:13 pmSo grumpy today. It's Tuesday (my least fav) Also I saw someone said something on some thread about desks/chairs being too short here and that is so true. My knees/hips are killing me! finally, wtf should I do with my life? I really have no idea. me too. Half way through this years contract and realising that after vacation I seriously need to start figuring out if I am going back home or not as I will need to prep my pets for export. What will I do if I go home though? I could teach, but we earn next to nothing back home...... I feel you; WTF should I do with my life indeed
Quote from: What?What? on July 04, 2017, 01:52:44 pmQuote from: Pennypie on July 04, 2017, 01:19:13 pmSo grumpy today. It's Tuesday (my least fav) Also I saw someone said something on some thread about desks/chairs being too short here and that is so true. My knees/hips are killing me! finally, wtf should I do with my life? I really have no idea. me too. Half way through this years contract and realising that after vacation I seriously need to start figuring out if I am going back home or not as I will need to prep my pets for export. What will I do if I go home though? I could teach, but we earn next to nothing back home...... I feel you; WTF should I do with my life indeedAhh so you have six months, thinking of renewing? I'm due to sign my contract on Friday and it's scary. I see people go on about they're going to do XYZ when they get back or go into ABC job and I feel like I'm just starting out and don't know what road to go down. I've always had jobs but I don't have much experience in "grown up jobs". My degree subject is okay but my result was underwhelming. I don't really have the money to go back to uni and I don't really know what I would do if i did. I understand people my age don't really have it all figured out yet...but the difference between me and my friends back home is they are figuring it out, and gaining that experience, but I'm here with no idea what to do. FFFMMMMLLLLLLLLL
Quote from: What?What? on July 04, 2017, 01:52:44 pmQuote from: Pennypie on July 04, 2017, 01:19:13 pmSo grumpy today. It's Tuesday (my least fav) Also I saw someone said something on some thread about desks/chairs being too short here and that is so true. My knees/hips are killing me! finally, wtf should I do with my life? I really have no idea. me too. Half way through this years contract and realising that after vacation I seriously need to start figuring out if I am going back home or not as I will need to prep my pets for export. What will I do if I go home though? I could teach, but we earn next to nothing back home...... I feel you; WTF should I do with my life indeed I feel like I struggle with this every few years. I'm gonna try to do one more year here to save up and then bounce back home and do who knows what. BTW, so glad you are taking your pets with you instead of abandoning them!
Quote from: Pennypie on July 04, 2017, 02:21:08 pmQuote from: What?What? on July 04, 2017, 01:52:44 pmQuote from: Pennypie on July 04, 2017, 01:19:13 pmSo grumpy today. It's Tuesday (my least fav) Also I saw someone said something on some thread about desks/chairs being too short here and that is so true. My knees/hips are killing me! finally, wtf should I do with my life? I really have no idea. me too. Half way through this years contract and realising that after vacation I seriously need to start figuring out if I am going back home or not as I will need to prep my pets for export. What will I do if I go home though? I could teach, but we earn next to nothing back home...... I feel you; WTF should I do with my life indeedAhh so you have six months, thinking of renewing? I'm due to sign my contract on Friday and it's scary. I see people go on about they're going to do XYZ when they get back or go into ABC job and I feel like I'm just starting out and don't know what road to go down. I've always had jobs but I don't have much experience in "grown up jobs". My degree subject is okay but my result was underwhelming. I don't really have the money to go back to uni and I don't really know what I would do if i did. I understand people my age don't really have it all figured out yet...but the difference between me and my friends back home is they are figuring it out, and gaining that experience, but I'm here with no idea what to do. FFFMMMMLLLLLLLLLWell I am 40, and I still have no idea. So don't put too much pressure on yourself. But yeah , you have to sign right now so.. I don't even have any real advice for you other than maybe stay another year for the money....
Quote from: Pennypie on July 04, 2017, 02:21:08 pmQuote from: What?What? on July 04, 2017, 01:52:44 pmQuote from: Pennypie on July 04, 2017, 01:19:13 pmSo grumpy today. It's Tuesday (my least fav) Also I saw someone said something on some thread about desks/chairs being too short here and that is so true. My knees/hips are killing me! finally, wtf should I do with my life? I really have no idea. me too. Half way through this years contract and realising that after vacation I seriously need to start figuring out if I am going back home or not as I will need to prep my pets for export. What will I do if I go home though? I could teach, but we earn next to nothing back home...... I feel you; WTF should I do with my life indeedAhh so you have six months, thinking of renewing? I'm due to sign my contract on Friday and it's scary. I see people go on about they're going to do XYZ when they get back or go into ABC job and I feel like I'm just starting out and don't know what road to go down. I've always had jobs but I don't have much experience in "grown up jobs". My degree subject is okay but my result was underwhelming. I don't really have the money to go back to uni and I don't really know what I would do if i did. I understand people my age don't really have it all figured out yet...but the difference between me and my friends back home is they are figuring it out, and gaining that experience, but I'm here with no idea what to do. FFFMMMMLLLLLLLLLPennypie, I think that England at the moment would be a difficult place to get back into right now, both mentally and jobwise. I love going back home twice a year for holidays, but that kind of 'everyone's moved on' feeling is not always what you'd expect. People have just got older and are doing older people's things, like have kids and buy houses. Which is tempting to get a house because for some unknown reason my guilty temptation is watching 'Homes under the Hammer' and there are loads of them on youtube. But anyway, I used to have that pre-contract signing dread and then the post-signing happiness as all bonuses and money gets paid. An extra year with saving and travelling around here and then heading back when the dust has settled makes more sense. I'm looking at moving back to Europe in a few years, not England. I just like the foreigner's lifestyle and am sure I can get that somewhere other than England. Again depending on Brexit agreements, it'll be interesting.
I think the whole buying a house thing is drilled into us. It's like the measure of being an adult, but it isn't really true anymore. Funny you mentioned homes under the hammer....I've been looking into things like that myself, buying a shitty house, investing in it, selling it on or letting it out. Looks too simple on TV though Although the way things are going there might be a crash so who knows, I might be able to pick up something cheap.
I hate how my CTs this year often make class go over into the break time. Even if we are just playing a game they will keep it going like 5-7 minutes into break and I'll barely have enough time to take a piss. Why??
Quote from: sevenpm on July 05, 2017, 08:52:01 amI hate how my CTs this year often make class go over into the break time. Even if we are just playing a game they will keep it going like 5-7 minutes into break and I'll barely have enough time to take a piss. Why??It could be one of two causes:CT's piss poor planning?Your poor piss planning?
On the matter of 'English Camp', who was the genius who came up with that term. Why a "camp"? In my first year, I thought I was going to the countryside for a week with my students. Spent a fortune on hiking gear and a tent.
I went out last night and ordered some french fries... that were covered in sugar. I have never seen that before and it was so disappointing! I know they have sugared garlic bread and sugared other things, but I have never seen it on french fries.