First post - Ideal job

- What your ideal job would be
- What qualities and skills you would need to do this job
- Why you would be good at this job
- How difficult it would be to find this kind of job

 160 words and comments on at least 3 of your classmates' blogs

Good morning.

I think most of you will be familiar with the blog activities. Just in case, I've put the instructions above. 

So here goes, my first post. 

If you ask me what my ideal job would be, I would say any job that allows me to earn lots of money without having to work a lot.
   The truth is, I really like the job I have now. I get to do so many things that I enjoy (meet interesting people, teach, play with language, cycle) and I get paid for it. Being an English teacher has just the right combination of 'academic' work: planning, thinking, solving problems; with practical/physical work: standing, helping, shouting, jumping. 
    I've worked in offices before and it was terrible, it made me feel really depressed. 

   To be a good teacher (because there are also bad teachers) you need to be motivated and believe in what you are doing. People always use the word vocation, but I think you have to really want to help your students learn something. There are lots of skills you need, people always mention patience, but I think that just as important are empathy, discipline and the ability to motivate people. 

   I hope I'm good at this job. I think my strengths are that I am good with people, this includes being able to understand other people's points of view, empathy I guess. I'm also quite energetic and sometimes this is important in a class when all the students are sleepy. 

   Here in Chile it's not difficult to find work as an English teacher. It's more difficult to find good classes that you enjoy, with a reasonable timetable, and that pay you reasonably well.