out of my head - elise's journal

Now that I've figured out what I want to do with my life, I have found other little things to stress about. Well, some of them are important things, which shouldn't really be considered "little". I am in the process of applying to "La Faculté d'éducation" aka. Teacher Education Program. I've been looking foward to (and preparing for) this next step for a year. However, the process is complicated, and the instructions are sometimes a little blurry. I'm also still torn between two languages. I am a francophone at heart and proud to be. I am also attracted to the english language and its literature. I am set on teaching in Junior High; english would be my main subject. But I'm having second thoughts. Or maybe not. I just love both languages and their literatures. I don't want to choose, but in this case, I technically have to. This duality of language is not easy to live with. I sometimes feel like my computer keyboard: switching back and forth between EN and FR, with the help of the ALT and SHIFT keys.

I hope everyone had a nice weekend. I spent mine celebrating "l'Action de grace" (Thanksgiving) and the other half doing research, and getting ready for my teaching career. Thanks Jazzy, Kass and Carmen for the comments.

# written by Elise

Comments:

Yeah, having two languages that you use quite a bit of each from, would make it hard in a new situation where you more so stuck to just one. I hope you can decide something and hope the work towards isn't too confusing. It is a hard decision to decide what you want to do in life and then once it's made, it's a bunch of nerves and relief all at the same time. jac xxx

# posted by

Jazzy : 10/10/2005 4:29 AM

I totally understand the choice you have to make... I don't know if it's that way with other languages, but I've always felt that English and French were in a sort of competition... It's not easy to explain, it's just something I feel inside... Like some people I know are really stubborn and DON'T want to learn English, because they say they shouldn't have to since we live in a francophone area. I also have cousins living in Ontario, and they live in a small francophone community. My cousin had her baby this summer, but since her boyfriend doesn't speak French and that the only time she does is when she sees her family, she decided not to teach her child French...I find it sad, because being bilingual really is important, and learning a new language when you're young is so easy compared to having to learn it by night courses because of a job...

Entk, j'espère que tu vas faire un choix éclairé et posé, mais je suis certaine que peu importe celui que tu feras, ce sera un choix gagnant :)

Passe une belle semaine!
Kass

# posted by

Kass : 10/10/2005 3:25 PM