EFL

[cimorene]

At some point over the course of this Finnish class I formed a long-term career goal without noticing it. I'd like to teach English as a foreign language to adults now. I can't actually remember when I decided that was what I wanted to do anymore, though... also I'm not sure precisely what the qualification for that is like in Finland, but regardless, it doesn't matter too much because I won't be able to do anything in that direction until my Finnish is better. I still don't want to badly enough to move to Vasa. Eugh.

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[cimorene]

Well, I probably would not get frustrated, because I don't tend to get bored with English that's way below my level. Things I already know about it are still interesting to me, which is lucky because there's basically never been a time when I learned anything in school about the mechanics of English language that I didn't already know. Hm, except like, sentence diagramming, I guess. But I'm interested in the kinds of mistakes other people make and helping them and stuff, too. However! Some of that stuff would be unquestionably redundant for me - or much of it -, which is why I have resisted the idea in the past. But it's not like I can just move to an English-speaking place to study. I couldn't even afford to, for that matter, considering what they charge. And it's starting to seem like it could be worth it, anyway. ... And also it's plausible that spending less of the time on literature would suit me better anyway, because much as I love reading, for the most part it's hard to find anything I enjoy reading less than the works of the so-called Literary Canon. I'd rather read an equivalent amount of YouTube comments than The Scarlett Letter again, for example.