Finally!

This is about the time when I felt thankful that I can’t really fully understand German.

A few weeks ago, we went to visit my in-laws and while we were there, we were invited to a neighborhood gathering. A lot of people from the neighborhood came and I got acquainted with some really nice people but understandably, I got bored at some point because they were all talking rapidly in German (or Austrian dialect) and it was just so impossible for me to follow the conversation.

So I left the table and I am sooooo glad I did.

After saying my excuses, I joined the children. They were playing but I got their attention at once. They gathered around me and tried to talk to me in English. After a while I found myself playing and doing activities with them and they were all having fun. Then one of the mothers came to have a little chit chat with me. She told me that I am really good with children and so I told her that it is because I am a teacher and I really miss teaching. Then she told me that I should try applying in the learning center where her daughter gets her math lessons from. She told me that I have a big chance of getting a teaching job there. Then she gave me the information of the learning center.

I called the learning center and I learned that it is a really big organization and that it has learning centers all over Austria. They told me that there is a branch in Graz (where we live) and that they need teachers. I immediately called the branch and I got an interview at once. After the interview, I was told that I’ll definitely be hired after I complete the two weeks training.

And that’s what I am doing now.

I have successfully passed the first stage of the training (thank God) and the second stage will run until Sunday. It is quite difficult because the training is very intensive but I think I will be able to manage until the very end.

After the training I’ll sign my job contract and I will start to work in September (fall semester). It doesn’t matter that I can’t speak perfect German because the classes are done in English.

I am so glad!

For three months, I was constantly trying to get a job. There were times when I thought, I’ve no chance to teach here at all and it was in those times when I really felt emotionally down.

But right now, I am on the clouds! I have tons of demo lessons to prepare and I know that like the previous nights, I’ll spend the following nights making visual aids and teaching materials but I feel quite good.

I am going to teach again! What could be better than that?!?