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Keep in mind that TIME is your only asset. When you spend time, is it aligning with your long term goal? 下课去餐馆打现金工, If you plan to become a restaurant owner or manager, that is a good move. If you plan to become an engineer, why not focus on finishing your school first, and make more money after graduation.
; |. p2 a; J/ V3 g: m# _; Q6 B, b/ Q% S, jIf your student loan and your saving money is enough to support your school year, then money is not your first priority. Think about is your shortest wood stick when you are building a water basket --- English. ) ?: r- o; d8 B
after 下课 the following should be in your priority list,
6 d! K- T! [6 P, I# ?1) read local news paper and watch news everyday. Try to talk to your classmates about news in the next day. Form your own opinion about politicians, sport and movie celebrities.
' |9 I$ J% N2 w' ]2) read some popular fictions that almost every Canadian teenagers had read, ask the librarian for recommended list of books.
. N% B9 I6 {6 E) E+ W" D- R3) watch movies again and again, until you understand all the dialogs.
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& ^4 X9 A# @% K% N( M% P: AAfter your English improves, probably take one year, you will become a not-so-boring person to chat with, and you are no longer functional illiterate. What is your second shortest wood stick --- networks. At Canada you do not have friends and relatives as you do in China, So start working on building your networks. 9 X/ L" h! O+ R) |8 F+ ^0 p$ o
4) make some local friends --- dinner, hike, bike with them. They have a family and extended families, which provide often guides and knowledge for them.& A) O6 X2 S) ?4 M% R+ X2 e( F
5) develop a hobby that you are really good at, so good that you can teach other people --- art, sport, music instrument. You can meet other people with same hobby. For people who have hobby, usually they have money and time. That means they have good stable job. Just by talking to them, will give you an idea which career path is possible for you, and how much return the career will be down the road.3 a/ ^: I5 w, c/ W
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Above tasks will take time in years. After three years, besides your diploma, you will be an interesting person to talk to; you have networks that can introduce jobs for you. You are self-confident during interviews, because you met so many different people already, you can easily lead the interview to your favor. / O+ ^; h# N5 q) K- _+ N$ R. l# h
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If you use the time to do cash job for three years, what you get? Some new clothes, some new cell phones, more gifts when trip back to China.
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If your current school is ELS, stop it. The objective in ELS is to learn speaking English, compare it with a job --- like warehouse worker, do not mind how low paid it is. Which will improve your oral English quicker?
* L4 z$ l3 k# C1) You will have coworkers that naturally speak English, vs other new immigrants still learn to speak.
; f& W+ Q! H3 N0 m7 M- w2) your coworkers have many ordinary Joe's real life knowledge about Canada, You need those knowledge, vs your classmates in ELS who care more on social aids and second hand furniture.
8 [! r9 e9 ~/ O$ {2 E& h" b3 z3) you coworkers might find a better job or get promoted, vs your classmates has no clue about the job market.
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