In my last post, I expressed the negative feelings I have towards my job and until now I still have those feelings but I decided to something about it.
Teachers here in Austria are paid well. They have very good benefits and very comfortable work conditions. I want that for myself too but that means I have to get a teaching job at a public school. Right now, I am teaching in a private learning center that is why I don’t enjoy all the advantages a public teacher has. I honestly like my job at the learning center and I could imagine working there longer if I were better paid and if I would have better work conditions but I obviously don’t.
So it’s time to move on.
Or, at least, prepare to move on and that’s what I am going to do this coming September.
I am going back to school.
I will take the required German courses in order for me to be eligible for nostrification. I’ve completed A1, A2, and B1 in Goethe Institute Shanghai but that’s not enough. I also have to take the last three courses, B2, C1, and C2. If all work well and if I successfully completed those courses, I can then apply for the nostrification. That means, the university (where I would like to study) will evaluate the degree I’ve completed in the Philippines and then they will tell me what courses/subjects I still have to take up. I think I also have to pass a certain exam to be given a place in the university.
I hate the nostrification. I think it’s just a bureaucratic nonsense. I do agree with the regulation that I have to have a perfect German to be able to teach here but for me to get a nostrification? It’s like them telling me that they don’t trust in the quality of education I got just because I got it outside the EU.
I’ve been avoiding this nostrification thing for a year now but I realized that I have to face it eventually if I really want to have a better teaching job here. I am still NOT 100% sure if I want to go through it but I will take a step towards it because anyway, learning German could only be good. If I decide to take a completely different path later, having good German skills will still be an asset.
