My profile

Hi everybody! My name is Margari. I'm from Santander and I've lived here nearly all my life. I say nearly, because in 1997 I moved to Holland where I lived for eight years. It was a great experience and I still have very good memories from that period.

As to my profession, I am an infant and primary school teacher and I love it. I got my degree in English and Spanish in 1980 and though it seems to me as it was yesterday, the truth is that thirty three years have already gone by.

At first, I was involved in vocational training, working at Decroly (a public vocational institute in Santander) for seventeen years. That is a long time so as you can imagine, most of my friends come from that period. Then life took me to Amsterdam where I worked as a free-lance teacher for various Dutch organizations, teaching Spanish.

In 2006, I was lucky enough to pass the state exams to become a civil servant. Since then, I've been working at Doctor Madrazo School in Vega de Pas, where I teach English to children from 3 to 12 years old. I would like to stay there for two or three more years and then my preference would be to find a nice school near where I live. Vega de Pas is too far away! Fortunately, I needn't drive every single day because I carpool with four other colleagues but it's still a long journey!

I'm doing this C1 course so that I can improve my oral skills. My English is a bit rusty at the moment so I hope to widen my vocabulary and get back the fluency I once had.

I'm looking forward to taking part in this course. Enjoy learning, which is also my goal!