Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Mexico- The coolest place to be

With the economy crumbling faster than a sandcastle in the Bahamas, I started to rethink my future plans. It seems wise to put off graduate school for the time since their scholarship funds are drying up. But where to go? Should I stay here longer? Get a job in the States? Can I even find a good job there? I had been feeling really glum about all these questions until last night when I talked to Jessi and Heather on Skype and they suggested I apply to the school in Mexico where they are going to teach. It sounds like so much fun! I would love to be with them for a year and the subject matter would probably be more intellectually challenging than ESL (seeing as how I mastered the whole verb / noun distinction many years ago, although I did introduce analogies yesterday which was pretty exciting.) Mexico is much, much closer to America than Korea and Spanish is a lot more familiar than Korean. I am filling out my application now, so we will see what happens. I would appreciate prayer!

5 comments:

Emily J said...

To prayer: Absolutely. And for your safety, too, considering it's, you know, Mexico. But that sounds very exciting! You 3 would have a blast together there.

And no surprise, probably, but I agree with you about putting off grad school, esp. with the economy. I'm curious, though: what would Aaron be doing during this time?

heather said...

SOOOO excited!! ;)

Thalasas Nymphe said...

That would be incredible! It's funny to think how many of us are ending up as teachers. What more-stimulating subject matter will you be teaching?

Jessica Holmes said...

wasn't the idea that you and Aaron both apply...or come at least. What does he think of it?

At any rate, I'm definitely praying that God will get you both a position if he wants you there!

jessica said...

Sounds very fun. Especially with such exciting co-workers.