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I just got my hairs cut off. It's ok, I'm not disappointed but I'm not super stoked on it either. Another semester of grad school starts next week. I have to work harder at this one. My grades for the first semester weren't bad, but they could have been better. Still kind of bummed out about one of the classes I thought I should have done better in. But moving past that...
I've been thinking a lot about what I want to do with my life after I get this degree. Eventually I would like to work on my PhD. but I'll have to go to another school for that since John Carroll doesn't do those. I would like to go to Ohio State, but I'm not sure how that'll work out. We'll see. I'll probably have to take the GRE again and actually study a little this time instead of just flipping through the stupid study guide the night before.
One thing I would really like to go after I graduate is go to another country (preferrably Japan) and teach English. I was looking into some programs and basically I could apply anywhere, just have to see what takes me. I don't have to already know the language and I would probably be a teacher's aid in a English language classroom or something. Most programs are for a year. I would live there, obviously, and make enough money to support myself for that year, but I wouldn't come back with anything really. That's not the point. I'm excited about the idea but nervous. I've never been away from people that I know for that long in such a foreign place. I would go there knowing no one. There would be other people in the program from the US, but I'm pretty sure I'd get into the country by myself. My mom's not too excited about the idea and I avoid talking about it with her. It's a little ways off right now anyway.
The other option I have is looking for a job and working for a few years, maybe live incredibly simply and work on paying off all of my debts, like my car and my student loans. That way I could start completely fresh and not have to worry about money while I'm in graduate school again. But then I'm afraid if I start working that I'll like making a little more money and I won't want to go back to school. From what I hear that happens a lot.
I'm pretty confused about what I should be doing at the moment. Hell, I can't even figure out what I should be doing for a summer job. There was this teaching job I saw a posting for that would pay very well but I wouldn't be able to take all of the time off I need for my other sister's wedding, so I'm pretty sure that's out, which is a bummer.
Right now I should be finishing my syllabus for the class I teach this semester. I'm really nervous about that. What if the things I pick for them to read are boring and they have nothing to talk about? What if my class sucks? What if the kids are horrible and I can't control them? I'm so on my own on this own and it's scary!
I've been thinking a lot about what I want to do with my life after I get this degree. Eventually I would like to work on my PhD. but I'll have to go to another school for that since John Carroll doesn't do those. I would like to go to Ohio State, but I'm not sure how that'll work out. We'll see. I'll probably have to take the GRE again and actually study a little this time instead of just flipping through the stupid study guide the night before.
One thing I would really like to go after I graduate is go to another country (preferrably Japan) and teach English. I was looking into some programs and basically I could apply anywhere, just have to see what takes me. I don't have to already know the language and I would probably be a teacher's aid in a English language classroom or something. Most programs are for a year. I would live there, obviously, and make enough money to support myself for that year, but I wouldn't come back with anything really. That's not the point. I'm excited about the idea but nervous. I've never been away from people that I know for that long in such a foreign place. I would go there knowing no one. There would be other people in the program from the US, but I'm pretty sure I'd get into the country by myself. My mom's not too excited about the idea and I avoid talking about it with her. It's a little ways off right now anyway.
The other option I have is looking for a job and working for a few years, maybe live incredibly simply and work on paying off all of my debts, like my car and my student loans. That way I could start completely fresh and not have to worry about money while I'm in graduate school again. But then I'm afraid if I start working that I'll like making a little more money and I won't want to go back to school. From what I hear that happens a lot.
I'm pretty confused about what I should be doing at the moment. Hell, I can't even figure out what I should be doing for a summer job. There was this teaching job I saw a posting for that would pay very well but I wouldn't be able to take all of the time off I need for my other sister's wedding, so I'm pretty sure that's out, which is a bummer.
Right now I should be finishing my syllabus for the class I teach this semester. I'm really nervous about that. What if the things I pick for them to read are boring and they have nothing to talk about? What if my class sucks? What if the kids are horrible and I can't control them? I'm so on my own on this own and it's scary!