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leeroy · Joined: 30 Jan 2003 Posts: 777 Location: London UK

Finish my DELTA extended assignment, and pass the exam in December

Finish my BA

Become a certified teacher trainer

Then do an MA

Then a PHD, (obviously)

Become fluent in Spanish

Work extensively in South America

Live on the top of a mountain, have a very long beard, and answer questions for people that climb up it to seek my wisdom.

Possibly develop magical powers so I can fire lightning from my fingers, or, maybe, a staff with a crystal ball on the end.

Not so sure about the "get married and have a family" business, as I have not yet suffered from the hormonal imbalance necessary to develop a desire for such insanity... Wink

nomadder · Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2003 11:48 pm Post subject:

Yes it does seem that many in this field are not heading for the typical, traditional life.

Dr.J · Joined: 09 May 2003 Posts: 304 Location: usually Japan

I had a crystal ball staff, but I dropped it and the crystal broke, and all my wisdom escaped in a gas-like cloud (so I became an EFL teacher).

My goals are a mix of short and long term. Short term finish my contract, take a Japanese exam, do some good teaching. Long term see a few more countries and write a successful novel, then settle down I suppose with a spouse and kids, which is where everyone ends up...

nomadder · Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2003 3:55 am Post subject:

Oh right I forgot the book-hmm?-is it still a goal?

Dr.J · Joined: 09 May 2003 Posts: 304 Location: usually Japan

Of course! Didn't you know, I'm the only EFL teacher who can write a world-changing novel that will catapult me into unwanted but eventually accepted stardom, when the fools of the world finally realise my talent?

There's a far side cartoon showing a clown buying a gun. He says "Laugh at me, will they?!"

johnslat · Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2003 1:37 pm Post subject: Don't ask

Dear nomadder,

"Oh right I forgot the book-hmm?-is it still a goal?"

Yikes - if you have to ask, if may not be. Keep the dream alive!!!

Regards,
John

Celeste · Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2003 12:12 am Post subject:

Goals for me:

Buy house.

Have kids.

Open restaurant.

Live in French speaking place for a year. (This is the one second language I felt comfortable in at one time, but now it is slipping away from me- too much studying Japanese!)

Run for public office.

Change world for better.

That concludes the big picture stuff, now for the little goals.

Lose the last 15 pounds.

Remember to clean out fridge on a weekly basis.

finish knitting project.

Clean out closets.

Organize EFL materials into file folders.

Deborann · Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2003 3:51 am Post subject: goals

I want to retire to a place where I can sit on my balcony and watch the moon come up over the ocean. Anywhere in the world will do.

How realistic is it to consider buying overseas - i.e. not Australia? If it is realistic, where would this be feasible for not huge amounts of money????

fat_chris · Joined: 10 Sep 2003 Posts: 3198 Location: Beijing

for the next 3-4 years:

--pay off credit card bill and then cut up that evil piece of plastic

--pay off student loans

--lose 10 pounds and try to get huge (like Ahnold, not Roseanne Arnold)

--complete MA in TESOL

--clean out my bedroom in my parents' house and wittle my possessions down to a two suitcase and one carry-on existence

--return to China and make my Mandarin hot, getting my hands stuck in a few pots: teaching, writing, consulting

my goals most certainly DO NOT include any thing to do whatsoever with marriage and having children. Evil or Very Mad

I deal with children as a teacher, I don't want to go to a house with them at the end of the day.

guty · Joined: 10 Apr 2003 Posts: 365 Location: on holiday

[quote]Organize EFL materials into file folders.[/quote]
Nice idea, but only really practical after retirement

donfan · Joined: 31 Aug 2003 Posts: 217

Well I just achieved one of my goals in finishing my Masters.
Now my goal is to pay my student loan off.

Rolling Eyes

Freaky Deaky · Joined: 13 Feb 2003 Posts: 309 Location: In Jen's kitchen

I've got a BA(hons) and an MA in subjects TOTALLY unconnected to teaching or English. Which makes me a perfect candidate...

Wink

Goals? Errr, early retirement? I am kinda semi-retired, but that's because I'm very laz

JosephP · Joined: 13 May 2003 Posts: 445

I'm married and have a seven-year-old-daughter. Goals? Keep a roof over our heads, food in our bellies, and clothes on our backs. Life has become real simple. At this point I can intellectualize the differance between goals and fantasies, but all the same...

been_there · Joined: 28 Oct 2003 Posts: 284 Location: 127.0.0.1

1. Earn beeploads of money so I can
2. Open my own school so I can do it MY WAY, so I can then,
3. Retire, sell franchises and
4. Write a book (Hopefully as good as Tolkiens classic trilogy, but small hope there).

fat_chris · Joined: 10 Sep 2003 Posts: 3198 Location: Beijing