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Thank you for participating and happy holidays to all!

Hi Everyone,
The semester is over here at Kennesaw State, so I just wanted to thank you all for participating in the blog conversations. I hope that both the Slovaks and the Americans have learned something about English studies in another context and about the lives and prospects of English (Education) majors in the other country. If you have any feedback, ideas, or suggestions related to this type of collaboration, please post here or email me at kgephard@kennesaw.edu
The blog will remain open for conversations, though.
I have seen a lot of enthusiasm for reading on both sides of the Atlantic, so I just wanted to share this little article:
http://nonamerah.wordpress.com/2011/10/03/869/
Happy holidays to all of you!
Katarina Gephardt

Taking this elsewhere.

i would love to keep the communication open between these two classes.

my presence on the blog was minimal at best. that does not mean that i didn't read anyone's posts or comments. we have a rare chance to make new friends with people that we probably would never have met anywhere else so i am inviting all of you to join the group that i started. this is the message that i sent to my classmates:

i created a facebook group [the rough writers (Gephardt's Fall 2145)] so anyone interested is welcome to join, talk, share job information, or random things. you're already on facebook so its really only a click away.

http://www.facebook.com/groups/139942359448367/

All of the conversations our class has had led me to starting this. i liked the blog but i found it utterly unnavigable and since time is such a factor in my life (and probably is for all of you) i'm trying this. currently the only members are my wife and i because you can't start a group by yourself.

with the technology of today there is no reason to lose contact with anyone anymore. i hope to see you there.

-tim ford

Hello everyone! How's your weekend??? x)

pyjamas&bathrobe+music+bed=my saturday (=

and YOURS???

Hello, everybody!

My name is Jane and I'm from Bratislava, the Slovak capitol. I study my two favorite subjects, English and History at Comenius University in Bratislava. Before that I attended University of Economics for three years, but I realized that I really hated it and that I never want to work a day of my life in the field.
I have been tutoring kids of various ages since about 2005 and from that it was only a small step to the decision that I want to become a teacher. I even spent a semester teaching a bilingual class at the high school I had attended. I really enjoyed it, so applying at the Faculty of Education was a no-brainer.
This is only my first semester here, but I can already tell that I like it here very much so far:-)

Hello everyone! :)

My name is Lucia and I am student at Comenius University in Bratislava. I study English language and literature together with Biology and this is my first year of master´s degree. I cannot say that I have always wanted to become a teacher, I made that decision at secondary school. Ever since secondary school English and Biology have become my passion. During classes I would just picture myself in the position of teacher and wonder how exciting it would be. So, when the time came for me to choose a university teaching English language and Biology was my only option. To be honest, my parents as well as my friends were not very happy with my choice due to the fact that teachers in Slovakia are underpaid and not properly appreciated. However, I did not let that to stop me from pursuing my goal.

After completing the master´s degree I would like to take up a doctorate in Biology. I am considering Zoology, Biological Anthropology or Virology. The idea of becoming a scientist and doing my own research in one of the above mentioned fields in combination with teaching at Uni is fascinating to me. To get there requires a lot of hard work but I know what I want and I am going to do my best to achieve it.

In my spare time I love reading, especially English books. Like other young people I enjoy going out with friends, listening to music, watching movies as well as spending time with my family. Apart from that I have always been very interested in make-up artistry. So in order to chase my dream of becoming a make-up artist I took a professional make-up artistry course. I am glad whenever I can help women with their make-up for special occasions like wedding or prom. I just love the surprised look on women faces when I finish their make-up, it is like asking me "is it really me?"

That is probably all for now. I am looking forward to hearing from all of you, so feel free to comment or ask a question :)

Have a nice day!

Lucia F.

:-)

Dear all,

My name is Jana. When I got my degrees in management and international relations, I found out that working in business isn't satisfying for me. I always wanted to be a teacher, but the status of teachers in my country is really low, therefore I wanted to get some “better” education than a “poor” teacher training when graduating high school.

When I say the position of Slovak teachers is bad, I don’t only mean the salaries (they earn significantly bellow the average wage). Much more serious problem is that they do not get any recognition in our society. If you declare that you study education, people usually ask you “Uhmmm, and what did you want to study before you got a place at the Faculty of Education?”.

It’s true that most of the students take education as their second, third, or fourth choice, and they apply only in case that they wouldn’t get the place at Faculties of medicine, philosophy or economics. The fact that people study education just for getting a degree makes it really difficult for our uni teachers to create a good learning environment, as the majority of their students are not motivated at all. But there are some of us who really want to do this job and are keen on gaining new experience and knowledge. This usually means that we have to look for “western” sources of information on English language education, as our Slovak knowledge base is very restricted (and influenced by 40 years of autocratic approaches).

My parents did not support me when I decided to become a teacher. The reason might be that my mom, after 30 years of teaching, feels unappreciated and tired of living of few hundreds euros per month. I understand her concerns and feelings. However, I think you can always get a whole lot of appreciation and energy from your students when you know how to do the job and when you do it with love.

Future after graduation? I feel I need much more knowledge and experience. I had an opportunity to observe some lessons in Finland and to spend couple of months at a village school in India. Especially Scandinavian educational systems are very inspirative, therefore I’m about to go for an internship in Iceland (starting in January). Then I’ll probably start teaching here in Slovakia. And my long-term aim is to help to change the system of language education in Slovakia, as I think such change is inevitable.