N'awwwwh! Congrats to you and the new parents!
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What a worry - glad they’re doing well and you can enjoy having them home!
Jack-TLDR still insufferable
Congratulations to you and your family, that’s such lovely news! What a relief for you all that they’re home now
In some ways, you’ve not missed much! Although Jack did record a Tom WaIts cover in a bathroom, you know, if you’re looking for a lullaby?
Congratulations to you and all the family! What joyful news for everyone that they’re home.
Hola canal! I haven't been around for absolutely ages because real life busyness means I seem to be permanently half a thread behind (although I have been very much enjoying the Great Potato Scandal of 2022 from afar), so I feel a bit cheeky jumping in here and asking for support. But I don't want to bore anyone IRL with this so the thread seems like a good place for it.
So first off I have NEWS, which I can finally properly share with you mendacious ninnies now that I've told both my IRL Tattle friend and my parents - I'm moving to Vietnam!! Some of you might remember I went there on holiday in the summer - I told very few people at the time but part of the reason was to check out whether it would be somewhere I could imagine living, and it turns out the answer is yes, so I'm going to become an English teacher!
It's quite scary because apart from anything else I'm going to do my CELTA (English teaching certification) over there, which means I have to quit my job and move before I've got a new one, but I have enough savings that I should be able to manage for a while even if I don't find anything immediately. Nothing is concrete yet in terms of dates and stuff but it's definitely happening, barring getting hit by a bus or something
Anyway so right now what this means is that I have to clear my house out, and as someone with mild hoarding tendencies this is HARD. I mean I'm not at the point of collecting drawers full of rusty spoons or anything, but I've lived away from home for eleven years, and in that time I've accumulated a lot and not got rid of nearly as much as I should have. My parents have very kindly offered to let me store my stuff at theirs until I either get it shipped over or move back to the UK, but I can't keep everything - not least because they don't have space for all my dusty shite, but also because I really need to sort it out at some point anyway, and what better motivation am I ever likely to have?
So my intentions are excellent, but in practice what I've done so far is made a pile of books I have no particular interest in reading anyway, and nearly cried at the thought of taking them to the charity shop
Send mental fortitudeos.
It's quite scary because apart from anything else I'm going to do my CELTA (English teaching certification) over there, which means I have to quit my job and move before I've got a new one, but I have enough savings that I should be able to manage for a while even if I don't find anything immediately. Nothing is concrete yet in terms of dates and stuff but it's definitely happening, barring getting hit by a bus or something
Anyway so right now what this means is that I have to clear my house out, and as someone with mild hoarding tendencies this is HARD. I mean I'm not at the point of collecting drawers full of rusty spoons or anything, but I've lived away from home for eleven years, and in that time I've accumulated a lot and not got rid of nearly as much as I should have. My parents have very kindly offered to let me store my stuff at theirs until I either get it shipped over or move back to the UK, but I can't keep everything - not least because they don't have space for all my dusty shite, but also because I really need to sort it out at some point anyway, and what better motivation am I ever likely to have?
So my intentions are excellent, but in practice what I've done so far is made a pile of books I have no particular interest in reading anyway, and nearly cried at the thought of taking them to the charity shop
Send mental fortitudeos.@Suffolkmum congratulations! Babies are resilient little feckers - they seem to love nothing more than causing everyone else loads of anxiety, and then emerging totally unscathed while the adults around them are all half traumatised from the stress 
So glad to hear your girls are home safe, and wishing you many happy times with them in the future
So glad to hear your girls are home safe, and wishing you many happy times with them in the future 
Good luck in Vietnam!! I worked as an English language teacher for 10 years so feel free to give me a shout if you have any questions about the CELTA.Hola canal! I haven't been around for absolutely ages because real life busyness means I seem to be permanently half a thread behind (although I have been very much enjoying the Great Potato Scandal of 2022 from afar), so I feel a bit cheeky jumping in here and asking for support. But I don't want to bore anyone IRL with this so the thread seems like a good place for it.
So first off I have NEWS, which I can finally properly share with you mendacious ninnies now that I've told both my IRL Tattle friend and my parents - I'm moving to Vietnam!! Some of you might remember I went there on holiday in the summer - I told very few people at the time but part of the reason was to check out whether it would be somewhere I could imagine living, and it turns out the answer is yes, so I'm going to become an English teacher!
It's quite scary because apart from anything else I'm going to do my CELTA (English teaching certification) over there, which means I have to quit my job and move before I've got a new one, but I have enough savings that I should be able to manage for a while even if I don't find anything immediately. Nothing is concrete yet in terms of dates and stuff but it's definitely happening, barring getting hit by a bus or something
Anyway so right now what this means is that I have to clear my house out, and as someone with mild hoarding tendencies this is HARD. I mean I'm not at the point of collecting drawers full of rusty spoons or anything, but I've lived away from home for eleven years, and in that time I've accumulated a lot and not got rid of nearly as much as I should have. My parents have very kindly offered to let me store my stuff at theirs until I either get it shipped over or move back to the UK, but I can't keep everything - not least because they don't have space for all my dusty shite, but also because I really need to sort it out at some point anyway, and what better motivation am I ever likely to have?
So my intentions are excellent, but in practice what I've done so far is made a pile of books I have no particular interest in reading anyway, and nearly cried at the thought of taking them to the charity shop@Suffolkmum congratulations! Babies are resilient little feckers - they seem to love nothing more than causing everyone else loads of anxiety, and then emerging totally unscathed while the adults around them are all half traumatised from the stress
Thanks! I might well take you up on that once I've thought of some sensible questions. Did you teach in the UK or abroad? It's always reassuring to find someone who's done it as a long term job and not just as a way to fund travelling for a few years after uni (not that there's anything wrong with that, I just mean cos I'm too old to be part of that crowd!)
Amazing news, good luck with your CELTA!! Can you not do it before you go though? A bunch of people off my uni courseHola canal! I haven't been around for absolutely ages because real life busyness means I seem to be permanently half a thread behind (although I have been very much enjoying the Great Potato Scandal of 2022 from afar), so I feel a bit cheeky jumping in here and asking for support. But I don't want to bore anyone IRL with this so the thread seems like a good place for it.
So first off I have NEWS, which I can finally properly share with you mendacious ninnies now that I've told both my IRL Tattle friend and my parents - I'm moving to Vietnam!! Some of you might remember I went there on holiday in the summer - I told very few people at the time but part of the reason was to check out whether it would be somewhere I could imagine living, and it turns out the answer is yes, so I'm going to become an English teacher!
It's quite scary because apart from anything else I'm going to do my CELTA (English teaching certification) over there, which means I have to quit my job and move before I've got a new one, but I have enough savings that I should be able to manage for a while even if I don't find anything immediately. Nothing is concrete yet in terms of dates and stuff but it's definitely happening, barring getting hit by a bus or something
Anyway so right now what this means is that I have to clear my house out, and as someone with mild hoarding tendencies this is HARD. I mean I'm not at the point of collecting drawers full of rusty spoons or anything, but I've lived away from home for eleven years, and in that time I've accumulated a lot and not got rid of nearly as much as I should have. My parents have very kindly offered to let me store my stuff at theirs until I either get it shipped over or move back to the UK, but I can't keep everything - not least because they don't have space for all my dusty shite, but also because I really need to sort it out at some point anyway, and what better motivation am I ever likely to have?
So my intentions are excellent, but in practice what I've done so far is made a pile of books I have no particular interest in reading anyway, and nearly cried at the thought of taking them to the charity shop@Suffolkmum congratulations! Babies are resilient little feckers - they seem to love nothing more than causing everyone else loads of anxiety, and then emerging totally unscathed while the adults around them are all half traumatised from the stress
did it in the UK after graduation.Thank youAmazing news, good luck with your CELTA!! Can you not do it before you go though? A bunch of people off my uni course
I did consider this, but it would mean much less opportunity to make connections with people in Vietnam and canvas opinions on employers etc before signing a contract, and I'd have to quit my job anyway in order to do the course as it's a month full time. And if I end up unemployed for a while it'll be much cheaper to live there than it is here. The only downside of moving first is potential visa hassle if I don't find work quickly, but 🔺️ I have a couple of friends in neighbouring countries who'd let me crash if necessary, so it's not as problematic as it might be otherwise.
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My friend did this - you’d be surprised at the odd 30something burnt out exec taking this route.Thank you
Obviously you will want to sort belongings out now, but Infind if you move between countries you’ll be surprised at how much you don’t need the stuff you left behind (in my case this worked both ways as I was a bit of a collector) One thing which helps is being able to make things digital/take photos/upload cd’s etc.
I've taught in a few different countries. The work can be a lot of fun, and it's a very, very different atmosphere from other industries. I still do odd weeks of substitution now for a company I used to work for, and it's nice to go back from time to time.
The CELTA is quite intense - I'd already been teaching for a year or so when I did it, so I didn't find it as stressful as a lot of people do. It's basically impossible to fail, and if you duck up an assignment they give you a second chance, which is nice. Knowledge of grammar is the area that people tend to struggle with, because most of us haven't been taught it.
Cool, thanks for the info! I'm also a qualified secondary teacher already, so while I expect it to be hard I don't think it'll be harder than the PGCE, just maybe more condensed as it's over a shorter timeframe.
My knowledge of grammar is pretty good in the sense of, like, knowing what a fronted adverbial is and all that, but I have absolutely no idea how you'd go about structuring an EFL lesson (my specialism is science so it's totally different). Is that something the course fully prepares you for or do you think it's worth trying to do some independent learning beforehand? Four weeks doesn't seem very long, but on the other hand I get the impression that many of the language schools do a lot of the prep and structure for you, so I'm not sure how much lesson planning is actually required when you're on the job.
@Sglodion I am an EFL teacher in the UK, don't worry, CELTA never requires things like a "fronted adverbial", grammar things are very basic really, it is more just your ability to teach. honestly a lot of what you need to do is just pretty basic things (following the feedback from your tutors). That said, having taught for 5 years beforehand, I scraped a pass t becuase I kept being downgraded things like standing as I taught (I should have sat 
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Mother Thread is killing me today, I haven't laughed so much since the last chaos.
I'm having a really good day today so far, not much pain and no nausea at all even though I've been on the bus. I treated myself to a KISS nightie which I'm sure I could wear as a dress. Please excuse the feral dressing room, Best and Less have clearly let their cleaners go.
I'm having a really good day today so far, not much pain and no nausea at all even though I've been on the bus. I treated myself to a KISS nightie which I'm sure I could wear as a dress. Please excuse the feral dressing room, Best and Less have clearly let their cleaners go.
Hi all,
I know we don’t like to body shame here, but I want to alert you all to imminent Fat Bear Week as the Alaskan bears all finish gorging on salmon before hibernation. Link with all the info here.
I love watching the bear cam they have. I don’t want to influence anyone’s voting, but I must confess to particular soft spots for Holly and 503 because of this story. He was abandoned and she adopted him!
and also for Otis because he’s an old bear now, and I am also fond of 164 who discovered and fishes for salmon in a spot no other bear ever has!
The bear cam is well worth a watch and fat bear week is kind of fun to play along with too, if anyone else is up for some silly fun supporting the big bears as they get ready to huddle down for the winter, and for a couple of them, possibly give birth to cubs too. I know we are all fans of animalos lol here are some that are bigger than our usual ones!
I know we don’t like to body shame here, but I want to alert you all to imminent Fat Bear Week as the Alaskan bears all finish gorging on salmon before hibernation. Link with all the info here.
I love watching the bear cam they have. I don’t want to influence anyone’s voting, but I must confess to particular soft spots for Holly and 503 because of this story. He was abandoned and she adopted him!
and also for Otis because he’s an old bear now, and I am also fond of 164 who discovered and fishes for salmon in a spot no other bear ever has!
The bear cam is well worth a watch and fat bear week is kind of fun to play along with too, if anyone else is up for some silly fun supporting the big bears as they get ready to huddle down for the winter, and for a couple of them, possibly give birth to cubs too. I know we are all fans of animalos lol here are some that are bigger than our usual ones!
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Oh my...bears are my favourite animal! I used to support a Canadian rescue charity called Bear With Us. I was so envious when my brother did Breakfast With Bears in Vancouver about 4 years ago.Hi all,
I know we don’t like to body shame here, but I want to alert you all to imminent Fat Bear Week as the Alaskan bears all finish gorging on salmon before hibernation. Link with all the info here.
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I love watching the bear cam they have. I don’t want to influence anyone’s voting, but I must confess to particular soft spots for Holly and 503 because of this story. He was abandoned and she adopted him!
and also for Otis because he’s an old bear now, and I am also fond of 164 who discovered and fishes for salmon in a spot no other bear ever has!
The bear cam is well worth a watch and fat bear week is kind of fun to play along with too, if anyone else is up for some silly fun supporting the big bears as they get ready to huddle down for the winter, and for a couple of them, possibly give birth to cubs too. I know we are all fans of animalos lol here are some that are bigger than our usual ones!
I'm diving in now.If you're already a teacher you'll be fine - just be aware that the tutors can be fussy. @emm, I was criticised after my first teaching practice for standing up and sitting down too much, so I guess that's a CELTA thing? 
The course tends to focus on one way of structuring a class, and quite often you go out into the real world and find that you have to rethink things a lot. The classic example is this: the CELTA is all about teaching adults, with perhaps one session on kids. But a huge number of academies will expect you to teach all age groups from 4 (or younger) to adult. I always refused (I hate children and they hate me), and I was able to find jobs that were older teens/adults-only, but that can be hard.
As for prep and structure...it depends a lot. I've worked in jobs with everything planned out for me (direct method) and in jobs where I have a completely blank slate (conversation classes). Most schools will have plenty of resources for you to use, but often the general framework will just be "this year we're working through Book X." Then the exact content of the classes is up to you, as long as you're building them around the topic/grammar point in the book.
Having said that, I'm not sure what the industry is like in Vietnam. This forum is not really used anymore, but the old threads can be good for getting some info: http://forums.eslcafe.com/job/viewforum.php?f=14&sid=b99ffbe02b2d93a3d16174b0ecd0c905 Be warned that a lot of the posters tend to be quite jaded, though.
The course tends to focus on one way of structuring a class, and quite often you go out into the real world and find that you have to rethink things a lot. The classic example is this: the CELTA is all about teaching adults, with perhaps one session on kids. But a huge number of academies will expect you to teach all age groups from 4 (or younger) to adult. I always refused (I hate children and they hate me), and I was able to find jobs that were older teens/adults-only, but that can be hard.
As for prep and structure...it depends a lot. I've worked in jobs with everything planned out for me (direct method) and in jobs where I have a completely blank slate (conversation classes). Most schools will have plenty of resources for you to use, but often the general framework will just be "this year we're working through Book X." Then the exact content of the classes is up to you, as long as you're building them around the topic/grammar point in the book.
Having said that, I'm not sure what the industry is like in Vietnam. This forum is not really used anymore, but the old threads can be good for getting some info: http://forums.eslcafe.com/job/viewforum.php?f=14&sid=b99ffbe02b2d93a3d16174b0ecd0c905 Be warned that a lot of the posters tend to be quite jaded, though.
@Flumps thanks for your response, it is helpful
@ForgettyBetty wow, a disconnect is exactly how it feels. and the way you've described being brought up, if I had a sister I would be wondering if it was you! My upbringing was very similar. I spoke to my husband about it all last night and said I feel like I am still stuck in this position of having really high expectations on me e.g. straight A's but simultaneously being told (or implied) I will fail so I feel like I am all over the place and have no self belief!
Am seeing the doctor tomorrow to get started on some medication and am going to see about some more therapy. Will also check out the book recommendations. Thank you!
@ForgettyBetty wow, a disconnect is exactly how it feels. and the way you've described being brought up, if I had a sister I would be wondering if it was you! My upbringing was very similar. I spoke to my husband about it all last night and said I feel like I am still stuck in this position of having really high expectations on me e.g. straight A's but simultaneously being told (or implied) I will fail so I feel like I am all over the place and have no self belief!
Am seeing the doctor tomorrow to get started on some medication and am going to see about some more therapy. Will also check out the book recommendations. Thank you!
This look is such a vibe
LOVE!played this on my TV to the cats, unsure if they liked it or not, they looked quite confused (unlike with big cat videos I can see they love) but seemed interested nonethelessHi all,
I know we don’t like to body shame here, but I want to alert you all to imminent Fat Bear Week as the Alaskan bears all finish gorging on salmon before hibernation. Link with all the info here.
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I love watching the bear cam they have. I don’t want to influence anyone’s voting, but I must confess to particular soft spots for Holly and 503 because of this story. He was abandoned and she adopted him!
and also for Otis because he’s an old bear now, and I am also fond of 164 who discovered and fishes for salmon in a spot no other bear ever has!
The bear cam is well worth a watch and fat bear week is kind of fun to play along with too, if anyone else is up for some silly fun supporting the big bears as they get ready to huddle down for the winter, and for a couple of them, possibly give birth to cubs too. I know we are all fans of animalos lol here are some that are bigger than our usual ones!
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