Bit of background about me (also just a bit of a stream of consciousness)

If someone had told me this time last year that I’d now be preparing to move to Spain for a month to teach I’d be incredibly confused! A year ago I was in a panic about what my next step should be, all my friends were applying to university and they all seemed so sure on what they wanted to do but I had no idea. I knew university wasn’t the route I wanted to go down but what were the alternatives?! 

 Lots of my family, including my Dad, Auntie and Grandpa, are ESL teachers so I started talking to them and decided to do a CertTESOL course in September 2021 at the Lewis School in Southampton. I started this course excited but also not knowing what to expect and not knowing if I’d even enjoy it. Well 3 months went by and I can honestly say hand on heart that they were 3 of the best months ever. I found a passion for teaching and met incredible people. I was so eager to start teaching in the ‘real world’ , so when my tutor forwarded me the email about the UKLC Erasmus programme it was like a dream come true! And so far it has been exactly that- I haven’t even got to Spain yet and I already feel so supported by the UKLC team, through our zooms with Fran and Emile and also Carolyn’s patience with my constant emails and millions of questions!! Even though the training so far has been on zoom, I already feel close to my fellow teachers without even meeting them so I can’t wait to actually chat in person over plenty of tapas and sangria!

Two weeks today we’ll be travelling to Spain so it’s starting to feel very real! I’m definitely nervous but so excited. Teaching teens is something I’m apprehensive about, as they will only be a couple of years younger than me! But I’m hoping that this time next month I’ll read this blog back and wonder why I ever worried about a thing!


 

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