Why CPE?

I’ve been in love with English for as long as my memory goes. A handful of visits to the US may have contributed a lot, of course, but the whole idea of speaking a foreign language was really born with me.

When this huge interest was way too annoying, though, my mother decided that it was about time I studied at a proper school - maybe she had simply gotten sick of hearing all those senseless sounds I used to make pretending to be a very fluent person.

What happened right after that day, believe it or not, is exactly the same that still happens nowadays: I’m totally crazy about studying and learning whatever related to English from whoever claims proficiency.

Years after my first English class, I started teaching (out-of-the-blue story, by the way) at the very same school my mother sent me to back when I was nothing but a boring little kid. And ever since then, I’ve been doing a lot to brush up my skills – and acquire new ones.

I would say that this passion explains a lot about me taking (should I say “facing”?) this CPE course. Running the risk of being too superficial, I could state that my noble aim here is to become a better teacher – which is also absolutely true. However, and since I dislike risks, what really seduces me is rather selfish: I want to learn as much as possible.

More than sounding native, I wanna be the geek, the walking dictionary that irritates everyone, I wanna have the simple chance of learning words and ways of using those words that even Shakespeare wouldn’t understand. Basically, I wanna do something that really pleases me. And, I know I’m a freak, but nothing gives me more pleasure than books and fresh ideas.

Débora Benedetto, CPE 1, mornings.