I want to be a lectrice forever.

September 29th, 2008 · 4 Comments

I love my job!

I work with three classes in the labs: Vocabulary, Pronunciation and Business English. In all of them, I can spy on the students with my headset and make sure they are actually doing the lessons and using English. (I have ALL the power!!!) For vocab class, I’m redoing the weekly HTML lessons with a new style sheet, graphics and layout as well as adding mp3s for all of the main words. The pronunciation class is all IPA goodness. And the business English class is also a translation course so it gives me a chance to learn business French. Basically, I’m in geeky English-French technology-based language-teaching-and-learning heaven.

Even the commute isn’t bad because I get to drive next to this pretty lake 4 days a week.

Life is good.

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1 karina // Sep 29, 2008 at 5:36 pm

yea!!! i loooooved being a lectrice, such a cushy job and usually nice profs and atmosphere i realllllly wish i could have renewed there, but i managed to snag 3 vacataire hours at the CHU – the same classes i’ve taught for 2 years which is awesome.
enjoy your time! if you want to keep up with it then do a PhD then you can be a real prof there
2 Katie // Oct 1, 2008 at 4:49 pm

I wish that I had a masters so I could do this job. I’m sure that teaching university students is soo much better than teaching primary kids like what I’m doing. Glad that you’re having a good time with it!
3 Susan in Lille // Oct 1, 2008 at 9:42 pm

Yeah!! I am so glad to hear that you love your job, that is great news!! I hope you feel that way for a very long time.
4 karina // Oct 3, 2008 at 12:19 pm

@katie – you can, i did. just make sure you’ve got on your CV “bac +4″ because you DID 4 years of a BA in the US. It’s not lying, its describing what you did the most accurately.

Is a BA the equivalent of an M1? probably not, but Bac +4 worked for me

I miss:

cheddar cheese • donuts & cupcakes • cheap Mexican & Chinese food • 24 hour stores • free libraries • living in the countryside • Canada being an hour away • kitchens with counter space • eating lunch whenever I want • good entertainment • customer service • the variety of food • shopping on Sundays • having a house, yard & garage • Thanksgiving dinner • lower cost of living • furnaces • having the possibility to make more than 30k a year • Coney Islands • Netflix • automatic cars with power steering • the convenience • Christmas decorations • dryers and dishwashers • my dog • flying domestically • heat in winter • heat in winter • heat in winter

I don’t miss:

lack of healthcare • hateful propaganda of FoxNews • celebrity obsession • religious fundamentalism & intolerance • commercials • obesity epidemic • lack of public transportation • resistance to socialism • importance of money • machismo • guns • terrorist hysteria • homophobia • different laws for every state • racism disguised as political opposition • blatant classism everywhere • little separation of church & state • short vacations • outrageous university tuition • denial of global climate change • excessive patriotism & ethnocentrism • air conditioning • smoking in public places

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