First of all, until my departure on Erasmus student exchange programme last year, I had my goals and one of them was to become a translator. Therefore, I chose to study French philology. However, those few months in France made me feel like a whole new person and I would never look at the world and my life as I did before. Beyond studying experience, Erasmus is a lot more. For me it was a way to look at the world with new eyes, to feel and discover new emotions and what is the most important, it let me notice what I really want to do in my life and what I am really interested in. Going abroad showed me more than I expected, both about my studies, and about myself. This experience widened my horizons, changed my priorities and my future plans.
I met there a lot of new people who had a great influence on my plans. Surprisingly enough, in most cases, they were Brazilians. At first, their language was too difficult for me and I could understand nothing. But the more time I was spending with these people, the more interesting Portuguese seemed to me. Thanks to my Brazilian friends, I learnt basic words and expressions, and now, when I am in Poland, I study this language on my own. I realised that not only French, but also Portuguese is something that I want to base my career on. For this reason, I decided to be a teacher of French and English at an elementary school in Brazil. This may seem shocking, not only because I chose this country, but also by the fact that probably, I am the only one in my group, who wants to work at school. However, this summer I spent in Brazil (I'll write about this beautiful country next time, I promise!) and my Portuguese is not so bad right now..:)
Nevertheless, I am aware of all problems
connected with this job like stress, annoying students, preparing lesson plans instead of going out with friends and rather
low salary . But there’s also a lot of positive aspects of teaching: summer
holidays, the enjoyment of sharing knowledge with others, being able to help
children learn new things and upbringing the next generation.
To sum up, no matter what job we choose,
if it allows us to be fulfilled, we can say that it’s our “dream job”. The most
important is to be happy and achieve one’s goal. That's why I think that my place is in Brazil.! Especially in view of the fact that my boyfriend is Brazilian..:)
