For the second year in a row I skipped out on taking the MTELs (the teaching examination to get initial licensure in Massachusetts). I did it last fall and I did it again last weekend. Each time cost me $100. What a waste.
But in good news, I have been nominated to a position in the Peace Corps. As long as I pass my health exam and dental exam, then I would go on to be "invited" to this position (if it doesn't fill and I'm still qualified). The postion at this step is still vague, but I found out it's in Asia (and the only countires they have there are China, Mongolia, Cambodia, and about two others), it's an English teaching assistantship, and I would have to travel by bike 3-10 miles a day (???). I'm not sure if I'd take it if I went all the way to the end, because of the two year committment and all...but I'm keeping my options open.
I finish school in December and all I've decided so far is that I desperatly want to go abroad again. Therefore come December I'm going to apply and search out any schools and ESL programs in China, South Korea, and some of Europe.
Thankfully my courses this semester are not too bad and quite enjoyable. I'm taking French pass/fail and I love that class, and my thesis is slowly but surely coming along as well. To anyone on my f-list who still reads this, did any of you work on an independent thesis with a professor? Did you do anything/buy anything special for them when it was all over? I'm not sure what the protocol for that is...
But in good news, I have been nominated to a position in the Peace Corps. As long as I pass my health exam and dental exam, then I would go on to be "invited" to this position (if it doesn't fill and I'm still qualified). The postion at this step is still vague, but I found out it's in Asia (and the only countires they have there are China, Mongolia, Cambodia, and about two others), it's an English teaching assistantship, and I would have to travel by bike 3-10 miles a day (???). I'm not sure if I'd take it if I went all the way to the end, because of the two year committment and all...but I'm keeping my options open.
I finish school in December and all I've decided so far is that I desperatly want to go abroad again. Therefore come December I'm going to apply and search out any schools and ESL programs in China, South Korea, and some of Europe.
Thankfully my courses this semester are not too bad and quite enjoyable. I'm taking French pass/fail and I love that class, and my thesis is slowly but surely coming along as well. To anyone on my f-list who still reads this, did any of you work on an independent thesis with a professor? Did you do anything/buy anything special for them when it was all over? I'm not sure what the protocol for that is...
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