My choices seem to be:
1- Head overseas for another English teaching tour. I'm very interested in Prague (Czech Rep.), Tallin (Estonia) and to a lesser degree, Japan. My things are still in storage so there is an opportunity to head off again. To head off later would be much more difficult and expensive (i.e. once all my stuff is out of storage, etc..)
2- Stay here in Toronto and continue teaching ESL. This would be status quo option. Means I would continue doing stand up comedy and improv (even get into other creative endeavours - writing, sketch comedy, etc...), and just being with friends and family. Hell, my beloved Leafs might even play hockey again next year!!
3- Head back into hitech (if industry allows me back in, that is). More money and less of this temparary feel that I've been experiencing over the last couple of years. As a Project Manager, I had more stable ground to walk on and I knew where I was heading to, even with the uncertainty of the industry (e.g. lay offs, etc...). I have found that a career in TESL - feels so temporary and short term. Hitech is more of a career where TESL seems more like a job, and a transitional one at that.
4- Head into a completely different direction/field altogether. I do have some thoughts on this, but need time to think things through...
I guess the real question simmering underneath all this is: Do I really like teaching?
Am I ready to commit to it and make it my career? And if it is not, then what????
Is there such a thing as a calling? Is there a morning coming up where I will wake up with the realization that teaching is my calling? Perhaps, I need more time and that I just don't know yet, from my 1.5 years teaching experience (Toronto and Taiwan)?
Is teaching in public school and high school so much different than ESL teaching?
Also, do I really want to head back to University to get my BEd and become a teacher? Do I have the energy, money, discipline and committment to do this?
All this, of course, leads into the larger pie-in-the-sky questions that one asks themselves from time to time:
- Where am I going in life?
- What will make me happy?
- What do I want my life to stand for?
- If there is a god, for what reason am I here on earth, and am I doing it?
I think I'll play some online poker and let it be for now...
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