I had all but decided to give up on furthering my education beyond my bachelor's degree. I had given up the idea of being a doctor or a psychologist and therefore had no reason to apply to grad school. Little did I know, I loooove speaking Spanish.
Despite the excellence of the Vanderbilt Spanish department, there is only so much more I will be able to learn in the next year. To reach a level of true fluency I need some more time. I considered teaching abroad for a year, but, as many of you know, my patience is tried beyond breaking point when I spend too much time around large groups of children or those unfortunate enough to be unintelligent. Not only that, I would make only enough to live on and not really be able to enjoy my time in a Kate-like way in another country on such minimal pay. While teaching abroad is not something that I have totally ruled out, it seems unlikely for me.
How about applying to graduate school? !Que extraño! Then I found out that some US universities have abroad graduate programs and decided that I would very much enjoy a little more learning. Depressing as it is sometimes, I think I was born to be in a classroom for a great majority of my time on this planet. Considering my new-found passion for the Spanish language, a bit more of academic experience could only be a good thing. Not to mention, if I would seriously like to pursue a career using my Spanish, I need more practice, practice, practice. We'll see how it goes.
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I hope you did go to grad school! I also have a very immense passion for Spanish and la Republica Dominicana. I am doing a blog for my spanish class. Check it out! dominicanosunidos09.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteI lived there for awhile about 5 years ago and I studied there for the summer 2007 and I also have family there. I wish you the best!! Great blog!