{"id":160,"date":"2025-08-14T13:28:27","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T13:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/academicyear.studyinireland.ie\/?p=160"},"modified":"2026-10-07T11:39:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T11:39:40","slug":"from-cleaning-jobs-to-caregiver-how-english-changed-my-life-in-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/academicyear.studyinireland.ie\/zh_hk\/from-cleaning-jobs-to-caregiver-how-english-changed-my-life-in-ireland\/","title":{"rendered":"\u5f9e\u6e05\u6f54\u5de5\u4f5c\u5230\u7167\u9867\u8001\u4eba\uff1a\u82f1\u8a9e\u5982\u4f55\u6539\u8b8a\u4e86\u6211\u5728\u611b\u723e\u862d\u7684\u751f\u6d3b \u2728"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ay-simple-page ay-story\">\n<figure class=\"ay-story-featured\"><img src=\"https:\/\/academicyear.studyinireland.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/From-Cleaning-Jobs-to-Caregiver-How-English-Changed-My-Life-in-Ireland-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"From Cleaning Jobs to Caregiver: Raquel's story in Ireland\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWhen I arrived in Ireland, my English was very basic. Like many students, my first job was in cleaning \u2014 a tiring role, but one filled with valuable lessons about life and about myself.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Hi there! My name is Raquel, I\u2019m Brazilian, and when I arrived in Ireland last March, my English was very basic. I knew I had to start from scratch.<\/p>\n<p>From the beginning, I had a clear goal: to improve my English and unlock new opportunities. I dedicated myself fully \u2014 attending classes attentively, practising with friends and gathering the courage to speak with strangers.<\/p>\n<p>Over time, I gained confidence, and with it new doors began to open. Later, I got a job as a caregiver for elderly people \u2014 a role that connected me daily with the Irish community, let me practise English in real life and allowed me to help and build meaningful relationships with people.<\/p>\n<p>English also gave me something beyond work: freedom. Freedom to travel, explore new places and live new experiences. Today, every conversation is another opportunity to learn.<\/p>\n<p>I am very grateful to ISI Dublin, where I continued to study and receive support and encouragement to keep improving.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cBelieve in your potential, practise always and don\u2019t be afraid to make mistakes \u2014 English can transform your life just like it transformed mine.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>This is one student\u2019s personal experience. Employment outcomes are not guaranteed, and permission to work depends on the immigration permission held by each student.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u4f60\u597d\uff01\u6211\u53ebRaquel\uff0c\u6211\u4f86\u81ea\u5df4\u897f\uff0c\u53bb\u5e74\u4e09\u6708\u4f86\u5230\u611b\u723e\u862d\u6642\uff0c\u6211\u7684\u82f1\u8a9e\u6c34\u5e73\u975e\u5e38\u57fa\u790e\u2014\u2014\u6211\u77e5\u9053\u6211\u5fc5\u9808\u5f9e\u96f6\u958b\u59cb\u3002\u2026\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":159,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-student-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/academicyear.studyinireland.ie\/zh_hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/academicyear.studyinireland.ie\/zh_hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/academicyear.studyinireland.ie\/zh_hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/academicyear.studyinireland.ie\/zh_hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/academicyear.studyinireland.ie\/zh_hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/academicyear.studyinireland.ie\/zh_hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":488,"href":"https:\/\/academicyear.studyinireland.ie\/zh_hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160\/revisions\/488"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/academicyear.studyinireland.ie\/zh_hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/academicyear.studyinireland.ie\/zh_hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/academicyear.studyinireland.ie\/zh_hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/academicyear.studyinireland.ie\/zh_hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}