Biodata

Jacqueline Kramer is a Year three teacher trainee at the college Joaquin V. Gonzalez. She studied two years at the department of Literature at University of Buenos Aires. Jacqueline is currently teaching English in companies. Her main interests are Linguistics and Literature.

Profile

Hello people,

I'm Jackie Kramer and I’m 22 years old. I was born in Vancouver, Canada but I came to Argentina when I was one year old with my mother and two sisters who I live with at present.

Ever since I can remember I've loved travelling and getting to know places and people. Unfortunately, I don't get to travel as often as I wish. In 2008, I lived in London for ten months working as a waitress. It was a life-changing experience since I got to know what living on your own means and most importantly, I got to know people from all over the world.

Since I'm interested in languages, especially in the strong relationship between language and the self, I started studying Spanish (Letras) at the University of Buenos Aires in 2006. I studied there for 2 years but I had to drop out once I started working. I really hope I'll be able to take up the course again in the near future. Nowadays, I'm teaching English in companies to businesspeople. It is definitely not my ideal job, but I value it as a work experience and I learn a lot.

When I entered the Joaquín V. González (JVG) I just wanted to enhance my knowledge of English and knew very little about teaching. The JVG has taught me that teaching is not all about "knowing" contents, it is a commitment to others. I'm fully convinced that education is the most valuable tool we have in society to understand who we are and that we are not mere subjects to history. Although this is usually overwhelming, I'm willing to take up the challenge.

I value my precious and scarce free time. I try to use it to meet friends, spend time with my boyfriend and my family. I enjoy looking up information about random topics that arouse my curiosity, such as writers, music, historical facts, stories, whatever strikes my attention. Of course, there's a lot of sleeping and laziness in my free time as well! My favourite hobby is bar tendering, I learnt the ropes of it in London as well as in a bar in BA. I know I won't be serving 007 his martini dry any time soon, but I have fun bartendering for friends.

I really hope this year we'll discover new ways to learn, teach and relate to people.

See you soon!

Jackie

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