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Thursday, November 18, 2004
IRELAND AND STUFF...
So I'm applying for a job in Ireland. An 'Assistant Lecturer' position - teaching biogeography, GIS, human impacts, stuff like that. The application is funny. It asks about subjects taken and results of examinations, for 'post-primary' school. Well, according to the superinformation hyperspeedwaynet, 'post-primary' means 'secondary,' which means high school. Do these people really care that I took 3 years of mechanical drafting, 3 years of French, 2 years of accounting, in high school? What am I going to write in the final examinations section? ...."During my senior year, I took pre-calculus and trigonometry (got a C!!! Wooo!) and spent most of the time writing poetry and taking naps. I didn't do so hot in chemistry, due to frequent equipment malfunctions..."
In the U.S., someone asking you about your high school career when applying for a college instructor job would be as meaningful as asking what you did in kindergarten.
Anyway....dunno. Ireland was just ranked (by The Economist) as the best country to live in for 2005. The U.S. was 13th or something.
Doubtful that I will even get interviewed (around January 17), but..what the heck. Pays pretty good, but $60,000-$100,000 might not go far in Dublin.
How does one go about moving to a foreign country? Does U-Haul rent 'moving boats'?
-m
So I'm applying for a job in Ireland. An 'Assistant Lecturer' position - teaching biogeography, GIS, human impacts, stuff like that. The application is funny. It asks about subjects taken and results of examinations, for 'post-primary' school. Well, according to the superinformation hyperspeedwaynet, 'post-primary' means 'secondary,' which means high school. Do these people really care that I took 3 years of mechanical drafting, 3 years of French, 2 years of accounting, in high school? What am I going to write in the final examinations section? ...."During my senior year, I took pre-calculus and trigonometry (got a C!!! Wooo!) and spent most of the time writing poetry and taking naps. I didn't do so hot in chemistry, due to frequent equipment malfunctions..."
In the U.S., someone asking you about your high school career when applying for a college instructor job would be as meaningful as asking what you did in kindergarten.
Anyway....dunno. Ireland was just ranked (by The Economist) as the best country to live in for 2005. The U.S. was 13th or something.
Doubtful that I will even get interviewed (around January 17), but..what the heck. Pays pretty good, but $60,000-$100,000 might not go far in Dublin.
How does one go about moving to a foreign country? Does U-Haul rent 'moving boats'?
-m
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