[General] Oh, come on! I’m sick of teaching...

[Silverobama]

Today I said to my friend that I will find a part-time job and she said “You can teach in some language school, teach people English”. I said to her:

Oh, come on! I’m sick of teaching. I want to do something else, do something different.

I wonder if the italic sentence is natural.

 

[PeterCW]

It is perfectly natural spoken English but if composing the sentences as dialogue I would probably omit the second "do".

 

[Silverobama]

It is perfectly natural spoken English but if composing the sentences as dialogue I would probably omit the second "do".

Oh, come on! I’m sick of teaching. I want to do something else, something different.

Is this one perfect now?

 

[Silverobama]

Why do you need to ask. You have done what Peter suggested.

To make sure that I understand Peter correctly. Would you please like it if the new version is okay?

 

[tzfujimino]

I’m sick of teaching.

I've been teaching English to children for over twenty years, but I've never felt that way.

Why are you sick of teaching?

 

[Silverobama]

I've been teaching English to children for over twenty years, but I've never felt that way.

Why are you sick of teaching?

This might be a bit off-topic? Well, it's a very good question though.

I'm not a qualified teacher as you, I think. But I really want to teach my students idiomatica English and that's reason I ask questions here and elsewhere.

I've been working as a tutor for more than eight years. I teach on an one-to-one basis and this means I don't have many students (as a group, for example). And I'm a tutor who's teaching at my apartment, I don't have enough opportunities to communicate with more people.

Well, feeling sick of it doesn't mean I want to stop it. I just want to experience something new and different in my life. I'm looking for a part-time job, right? ;-)

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

This might be a bit off-topic. Well, it's a very good question though.

I'm not as qualified teacher as you, I think. But I really want to teach my students idiomatic[STRIKE]a[/STRIKE] English, and that's why I ask questions here and elsewhere.

I've been working as a tutor for more than eight years. I teach on an one-to-one basis, and this means I don't have many students (as a group, for example). And I'm a tutor who's teaching at my apartment. I don't have enough opportunities to communicate with more people.

Well, feeling sick of it doesn't mean I want to stop it. I just want to experience something new and different in my life. I'm looking for a part-time job, right? ;-)

Nothing wrong with that!

Here in Maine, several jobs is often called a bundle of sticks:

- Me: What do you do for a living?

- You: I teach, I write, I fix cars, I work in a restaurant. A bundle of sticks!