The Grown Up Life

Well, I'm officially an ESL teacher. Who knew it would happen so quickly??? I taught my first class on Friday and I must say it was pretty successful. I'm going to be teaching 3 different classes, a beginner, intermediate and Survival English class. It's extremely easy right now because the teacher I'm replacing planned out the next week for me. I just need to add my own pizzazz to it. I got some compliments from the students regarding my attention to detail in terms of their needs.

Now I'm spending my Sunday night planning my activities for the week. I'm really excited to plan out my own lessons, everything has panned out so perfectly so far. I couldn't be happier.

So here's to the week to come!

MUCH LOVE!!!

What an exciting day!!

I've been a bit upset at how much I felt like my future depended on what I found out today. It had gotten to the point where this day was feeling bigger than my interview day for my Permanent Residency, and that was really pissing me off. Luckily time is great and I wasn't stressing out so much. Despite my optimism, I was prepared to hear that I couldn't leave the U.S. I even told some of my close friends I was preparing plans B and C.

Waiting in line at USCIS was pretty terrible. We didn't get to our appointment til an hour later, to find out that there are many many options available to me. So if I get a job offer for Japan, I can take it and not worry about ruining my eligibility for citizenship. Woohoo!

Second set of magnificent news, I just got a part-time teaching position offered at the English school in Santa Monica!!! Remember I interviewed for it towards the end of my TEFL Certification program and never heard anything about it after the second interview? Part time position just opened up and it has been offered to yours truly.

Life has a way to show that love, and I love it!

MUCH LOVE!!!

News Happenings

It's been a while since I've presented any current events. I've become a huge fan of flipboard, it's a great way to get informed about a lot of different things at once. Last night I came across this, Brown approves driver's licenses for young undocumented immigrants. You have no idea how much happiness this brought to me at 12:09am.

This is such a great advantage to have, you no longer have your hands tied about getting around. You can work! You have an identity supported by the government! I realize these things sound silly to most of you, but these are the things you stress out about as an undocumented immigrant.

I just can't say enough how much it means to see this happening, and on top of the deferment for DREAMers right now. It's beautiful. Right now is the time for happiness for this particular population. It's too bad this is just happening now, I certainly wish it would've happened earlier, but I don't know that I could've held out this long. I'll say it again, I would change none of what has happened. Everything happens for a reason.

MUCH LOVE!!!