I want to become a teacher

I want to become a teacher.

In many ways I enjoy learning new things so that I can teach it to others around me. I always am rattling off trivial facts that people around me don’t know. I enjoy explaining how things work, and taking people through ideas. Using what little I know about finances and economics, I have recently been explaining how the financial system works and a bit of the politics at play currently.

Maybe having the teaching taken away from me when I was working as a Political Organiser, was what made me start not liking the job. Because while in Australia I got to teach very regularly, be it showing the new guy what we did, to giving classes on history, on the science of the ideas we were fighting for and against. It was something that drove me, and I loved it at the time, be it getting up and giving a formal class, or just explaining a point of view fully.

In many ways too, it was what I left High School wanting to become. I should had applied for a scholarship to teach, but wasn’t confident. I chose a Science degree because I knew that adding a year for a teaching diploma made me a High School Teacher.

So my career plan at the moment stands, that I want to get debt free, and have a bit of a nest of cash so I can go through University in four years time. I know teachers actually earn a little bit less than me at the moment. So I am also thinking I should look into Open University or something to get a degree that way while I am still in the Navy getting good pay. Maybe just doing an arts degree in History so I just finish that off and then do a Grad. Diploma of Teaching, would be optimal. Though if I get posted somewhere (what is likely) I will have a hard time completing a distance education course (though it may still be possible).

For putting me onto this course of thinking, I blame Wade who the other day on the phone asked me about my career plans. I admitted to him on the phone if the work keeps as easy as it as now in the Navy, I will find it hard to leave…

watching Skins

I went shopping today, got some books, CDs and a DVD (first one I’ve purchased since comming back from Sydney). Then I ended up watching the whole of the first serries of “Skins” (the DVD I purchased) and must say I really like it. I am going to see if my sisters want to watch it when I go over East, they watch the OC and shows like that, what Skins references.

I think I like Skins because of the story arcs and how it seems a little grubby. Not the pris clean sort of teen drama (well it is actually R rated here in Aus, so that sort of defeats it being a teen drama if not many teens can watch it).

Just as I logged onto the internet for today to write this entry, I was thinking maybe I should write back up stories for this blog. Sort of like how in “Race around the world” they contestants had a backup story that was used if their story for the episode couldn’t be made or just sucked. Maybe I should make the aim of this holiday to write a good blog, as well as kick start a strong fitness regime in the new year, drive across australia, visit Noumea with Wade, chillax, make friends and visit family.

Just a thought…