It might surprise you to know that recently even Switzerland has been hit by the global downturn, making jobs for non-fluent German speakers, such as myself, nearly impossible to get. So, I've resorted to a back-up plan, which at the moment seems to be the plan - I've enrolled in a CELTA course in Oxford to learn to teach English as a foreign language.
A month from tomorrow, I'm off to Oxford to start my new career path, unless of course, some surprise wonder job pops up between now and then. I'm excited about the course, not just because I will be able to spend some time surrounded by English speakers, not just because I get to explore the beautiful city of Oxford, but because I will get a chance to look into something that I've always considered doing, teaching.
When I was a kid, my career ambition was to be an art teacher, that changed eventually to being a missionary and then somewhere along the line it turned into Olympian, then wife and mother, then Politician. Oddly enough, the older I get, the idea of becoming a Politician is fading slowly away. My husband thinks I'm too nice, I'm fairly certain that isn't true - personally, I think my missing political ingredient is spine, i.e. how bad I am at stating my case in a heated argument (basically I cry).
Teacher, in one form or another, was on the list and now it is back on... we'll see if "Olympian" ever comes of age. According to the 10,000 hour rule, I still haven't shot enough arrows to warrant quitting. Being a wife and someday a mother are very exciting things, having a happy marriage and home are certainly lifetime goals of mine which, quite frankly, are more important than any other task God has given me to date.
