one of those open ended questions meant to make you think. popped in my head recently. in class on thursday my previous upstairs neighbor from walsh named valerie wynn was there. she was giving a speech on behalf of TeachForAmerica as she apparently is their student representative at Fordham. Back to that in a second. The reason i know this person enough to know where she lived last year was because I met her when she was working with the Breast Cancer Benefit concert in Mcginley last year which would be TSRJs first show. She was helping to arrange the whole thing and spoke at the first Walsh get-together/meeting for residents in the basement which is A. how we found out about it, and the B. how we went on to ask and then utilize said basement for the remainder of the year as our practice space.
Now a year later (a little more, I guess) she comes into my class, having had my professor -Dr. McKay - because she is a Psych minor - and speaks about this opportunity. Now maybe you have heard of TeachForAmerica before but I hadn't. And all of a sudden im totally hooked by the idea. I guess I just have the good fortune of running into/intersecting paths with Ms. Wynn. I am now planning on applying to their program for the Jan. deadline. I know it is extremely competitive and I have very little chance but when you apply you can apply for a specific city, type of place, or 'send me anywhere'. I think I both want to, and would be betting my chances, by selecting the last of those options.
Which brings me back to that opener - the idea of going somewhere totally on my own with this opportunity for 2 years sounds pretty exciting. Sure I'll be making crap money by comparison to alot of people entering the working world, but a teacher's salary and grad school paid for is alot more than I think i am realistically looking at - so I am going for it and hoping for the best.
Do you like my jack-o-lanterns and sam-o-lantern in the middle?
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