May 24th 2011
So, right before I turned 25 I made a mental bucket list.
Most things I accomplished within a few months - go me - but others, well they're slowly being ticked off - helloooo Australia!
I thought I'd make another bucket list, but this one is specifically for Australia - just because I can and it's SO fun to check things off of a list!
So here goes:
1) Feed a Roo (USC is on a nature reserve so I see this being an easy task)
2) Pet a Roo
3) Go Snorkeling - Perhaps in the Great Barrier Reef
4) Visit Surfer's Paradise
5) Take a picture in front of the Opera House in Sydney (because everyone has this - haha)
6) Try TimTams ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Tam )
7) Try Kangaroo
8) Drive a car (Here's the thing: you drive on the left side of the road in Australia, and the wheel is on the right side of the car).
9) Visit the Australia Zoo - Home of the Crocodile Hunter (http://www.australiazoo.com.au/)
10) .... to be continued.
... suggestions accepted below ;)
EDIT:
Look what I found ..... http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/story/2011/04/15/sunshine-coast-bucket-list/
Tuesday, 24 May 2011
Monday, 16 May 2011
May 16 2011
Schedule.
For the past two nights I've been trying to figure out how Australia (more specifically, USC) organizes their schooling and semesters.
I had to pick courses online - thankfully their student centre is exactly the same as Westerns. The courses I selected last night (4 of them), well after contacting someone at USC, I was informed that only two of them were correct. So back to the drawing board - who knew they did things through semesters AND sections!
Finally, for July (semester 2, section 9 & 10) I am enrolled in:
Curriculum A Primary Years P7
Classroom Management (BOOYAH)
Quality Learning & Teaching
Teaching Math (Note: I will be complaining about this course, a lot)
And finally, Teaching Practice 1 (look out children!)
What's next on the agenda...
I'm waiting for my new passport. Once I receive that, I'll be able to apply for my student visa, book my accommodations, flight, blue card etc. etc.
For my living accommodations, I'm thinking: http://www.varsityapartments.com.au/
Stay tuned!
For the past two nights I've been trying to figure out how Australia (more specifically, USC) organizes their schooling and semesters.
I had to pick courses online - thankfully their student centre is exactly the same as Westerns. The courses I selected last night (4 of them), well after contacting someone at USC, I was informed that only two of them were correct. So back to the drawing board - who knew they did things through semesters AND sections!
Finally, for July (semester 2, section 9 & 10) I am enrolled in:
Curriculum A Primary Years P7
Classroom Management (BOOYAH)
Quality Learning & Teaching
Teaching Math (Note: I will be complaining about this course, a lot)
And finally, Teaching Practice 1 (look out children!)
What's next on the agenda...
I'm waiting for my new passport. Once I receive that, I'll be able to apply for my student visa, book my accommodations, flight, blue card etc. etc.
For my living accommodations, I'm thinking: http://www.varsityapartments.com.au/
Stay tuned!
Saturday, 14 May 2011
May 14 2011
To start:
After graduating from highschool, I thought: I want to be a teacher. Then, when I graduated from the University of the Western Ontario my friend, Shauna and I were having lunch (at the Wave) and she mentioned that she applied to schools in Australia. Then I got to thinking.... I should (once again)consider teachers college and Australia. So I did.
I had a few friends who went to Australia over the past few years, either for vacation, to teach or for teachers college. Their help & advice were (and are) greatly apprecaited while I change my life around (literally).
In the end, it was once again Shauna who told me the Sunshine Coast was amazing and that her friend attended The University of the Sunshine Coast (USC), and loved it. So after some research, I applied.
It didn't take long before I was accepted for Primary, Middle and Highschool.
I signed for Primary. And to start in July, 2011.
This past week I received confirmation that USC received my payment for my first semester's tutition. So what does that mean - I'm going. I'm leaving my home, my job and a country I've lived in for the past 25 years for (basically) the unknown. What I do know is that I have a 24 hr method of transportation that I need to book - which I am very much NOT looking forward to.
Besides that... this blog will help me keep in touch with people at home. It will help me post pictures, tell stories and reach out to everyone in Canada.
So stay tuned....
After graduating from highschool, I thought: I want to be a teacher. Then, when I graduated from the University of the Western Ontario my friend, Shauna and I were having lunch (at the Wave) and she mentioned that she applied to schools in Australia. Then I got to thinking.... I should (once again)consider teachers college and Australia. So I did.
I had a few friends who went to Australia over the past few years, either for vacation, to teach or for teachers college. Their help & advice were (and are) greatly apprecaited while I change my life around (literally).
In the end, it was once again Shauna who told me the Sunshine Coast was amazing and that her friend attended The University of the Sunshine Coast (USC), and loved it. So after some research, I applied.
It didn't take long before I was accepted for Primary, Middle and Highschool.
I signed for Primary. And to start in July, 2011.
This past week I received confirmation that USC received my payment for my first semester's tutition. So what does that mean - I'm going. I'm leaving my home, my job and a country I've lived in for the past 25 years for (basically) the unknown. What I do know is that I have a 24 hr method of transportation that I need to book - which I am very much NOT looking forward to.
Besides that... this blog will help me keep in touch with people at home. It will help me post pictures, tell stories and reach out to everyone in Canada.
So stay tuned....
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