this is not a drive-by post
the looming end of school is approaching sooner than i thought it would. like, "hey, spring break is in less than a month" soon. i actually don't know what to do with myself. i have no real prospects for the future except maybe getting the hell outta dodge... but beyond that? i'm clueless.
i will say that there's been a little bit of good in my life. i emailed Mme Randolph about shadowing her on spring break to watch teaching styles. and a chick came to Capstone yesterday and talked about Whitney Young Elementary applying to be an IB school, and how French was going to be their language of choice. so they're conscripting college kids to do enrichment programs with the kids at least once a week (soon). which, dude. AWESOME. i may not want to be a teacher with all my heart and soul, but you have to admit that that?? is an awesome opportunity.
as is Teach for America. which i think someone i went to middle school with is actually doing right now. i think. it's daunting because if accepted, i'd have to go into a school district that's all urban and poor and disadvantaged (i think? i really need to re-read that website). and while technically that applies to JCPS and you know, where i live, i'm really scared shitless of places where i don't know anyone. i don't make friends that easily. i hide and keep secrets and then i'm stuck pretending to be some approximation of myself. NOT THAT THAT MATTERS, OK. so. i wanna apply. deadline's next week. i need to finish some paperwork and turn it in for class substitutions (i thought i did that already, but since i never got an answer...). if i do that and they approve it, i'll get two fails off my record and my GPA will skyrocket into the high 2.0s (as opposed to the low, a number which i should calculate for reference). which may not equal honors, but *will* get me into the Teach for America program.
barring that, there's also University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. they offer a Translator Certificate program, which would be a good step toward membership in the ATA and getting a job as a translator either here or in a francophone country. dunno how much it costs, and i may have to enroll as a grad student there (oops). but it's an idea for a later date, if not next year.
in the event that i do none of the above things, i'm considering a couple of businesses for full time jobs. UofL, for one, because i could really apply to grad school then and get the classes free. nyeh. i'm thinking of putting in applications to mercer, some human resources company a friend works for, who happens to have offices overseas. overseas as in london and paris. as in not here.
and i've got time to apply for grad school, i think. i think it said at least 6 weeks before term. so there's that option as well. which means whenever JCPS posts their vacancies for French, or more importantly, i put in an application and make sure my cover letter tells them that i will work toward my master's if only they'll hire me please please please.... it's not what i want to do, not with how much i *hated* homework. i'd so want to be in elementary school level so i could read french versions of the hungry hungry caterpillar and if you give a mouse a cookie. or maybe high school and have themes or something. translation of recipes. whatever. i just... homework is daunting.
and the final option is to just stay where i am-- an ok paying job, living with my parents and basically having the time to fuck off and do as i please whenever.
i will say that there's been a little bit of good in my life. i emailed Mme Randolph about shadowing her on spring break to watch teaching styles. and a chick came to Capstone yesterday and talked about Whitney Young Elementary applying to be an IB school, and how French was going to be their language of choice. so they're conscripting college kids to do enrichment programs with the kids at least once a week (soon). which, dude. AWESOME. i may not want to be a teacher with all my heart and soul, but you have to admit that that?? is an awesome opportunity.
as is Teach for America. which i think someone i went to middle school with is actually doing right now. i think. it's daunting because if accepted, i'd have to go into a school district that's all urban and poor and disadvantaged (i think? i really need to re-read that website). and while technically that applies to JCPS and you know, where i live, i'm really scared shitless of places where i don't know anyone. i don't make friends that easily. i hide and keep secrets and then i'm stuck pretending to be some approximation of myself. NOT THAT THAT MATTERS, OK. so. i wanna apply. deadline's next week. i need to finish some paperwork and turn it in for class substitutions (i thought i did that already, but since i never got an answer...). if i do that and they approve it, i'll get two fails off my record and my GPA will skyrocket into the high 2.0s (as opposed to the low, a number which i should calculate for reference). which may not equal honors, but *will* get me into the Teach for America program.
barring that, there's also University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. they offer a Translator Certificate program, which would be a good step toward membership in the ATA and getting a job as a translator either here or in a francophone country. dunno how much it costs, and i may have to enroll as a grad student there (oops). but it's an idea for a later date, if not next year.
in the event that i do none of the above things, i'm considering a couple of businesses for full time jobs. UofL, for one, because i could really apply to grad school then and get the classes free. nyeh. i'm thinking of putting in applications to mercer, some human resources company a friend works for, who happens to have offices overseas. overseas as in london and paris. as in not here.
and i've got time to apply for grad school, i think. i think it said at least 6 weeks before term. so there's that option as well. which means whenever JCPS posts their vacancies for French, or more importantly, i put in an application and make sure my cover letter tells them that i will work toward my master's if only they'll hire me please please please.... it's not what i want to do, not with how much i *hated* homework. i'd so want to be in elementary school level so i could read french versions of the hungry hungry caterpillar and if you give a mouse a cookie. or maybe high school and have themes or something. translation of recipes. whatever. i just... homework is daunting.
and the final option is to just stay where i am-- an ok paying job, living with my parents and basically having the time to fuck off and do as i please whenever.