I will be . . .
moving to . . .
NEW JERSEY
in August.
I will be getting my master's degree in organizational communication and strategic public relations with an emphasis in health care. :)
I'm finally at peace. I am going to cry so hard to leave everyone I love but this is where I am supposed to be and because I know that, I know I will make it.
Monday, April 21, 2008
Friday, April 18, 2008
Colorado or New Jersey?
Ok. All of my wonderful friends, I need help. I need pros and cons. I have narrowed down all of my choices to (1) Colorado or (2) New Jersey. I will either be teaching elementary school in Denver through the Teach for America program. Or I will be attending grad school at Montclair State University. First I will give you the pros I can think of.
NEW JERSEY
1) I will be a quick train ride away from Manhattan
2) I get my master's degree for FREE
3) I will have awesome opportunities for internships
4) I will make my family proud of me (I am the first to graduate from college)
5) I will be on the East Coast
6) I will get to make new friends at a new school
COLORADO
1) I will have a salary
2) I will become certified as a teacher for the state of Colorado
3) I can make a difference in a child's life
4) It is pretty there and I will still get to have mountains
5) I will get about 10,000 dollars to attend school after my two years of teaching are done
6) I can be done teaching in two years if I hate it or I can stay and work as a teacher for the rest of my life if I love it
Now for the cons:
NEW JERSEY
1) It is a long plane ride home and I HATE airplanes
2) It is really expensive to live there and I probably can't afford a car
3) I don't know ANYONE and I don't have any family or friends close by
4) I am burnt out because I went through school for three years straight and need a break
COLORADO
1) I won't be furthering my education
2) I could lose my full-ride to grad school (if they can't defer it, which they might be able to)
3) My family doesn't want me to do this
4) It is an extremely hard and demanding job and I would have to work really hard at it and I would be heartbroken if I couldn't make a difference
Ok...that is what I could think of off the top of my head. So, what other pros and cons can you think of??
NEW JERSEY
1) I will be a quick train ride away from Manhattan
2) I get my master's degree for FREE
3) I will have awesome opportunities for internships
4) I will make my family proud of me (I am the first to graduate from college)
5) I will be on the East Coast
6) I will get to make new friends at a new school
COLORADO
1) I will have a salary
2) I will become certified as a teacher for the state of Colorado
3) I can make a difference in a child's life
4) It is pretty there and I will still get to have mountains
5) I will get about 10,000 dollars to attend school after my two years of teaching are done
6) I can be done teaching in two years if I hate it or I can stay and work as a teacher for the rest of my life if I love it
Now for the cons:
NEW JERSEY
1) It is a long plane ride home and I HATE airplanes
2) It is really expensive to live there and I probably can't afford a car
3) I don't know ANYONE and I don't have any family or friends close by
4) I am burnt out because I went through school for three years straight and need a break
COLORADO
1) I won't be furthering my education
2) I could lose my full-ride to grad school (if they can't defer it, which they might be able to)
3) My family doesn't want me to do this
4) It is an extremely hard and demanding job and I would have to work really hard at it and I would be heartbroken if I couldn't make a difference
Ok...that is what I could think of off the top of my head. So, what other pros and cons can you think of??
Thursday, April 17, 2008
First Blog!
Here I am about to embark on my last finals week at BYU ever. And what do I do instead of studying? I start a blog.
I figured that I should start this because I have no idea where I am going or what I am doing with my life. So wherever I end up: Washington, Utah, Virginia, Colorado, New York, New Jersey, Nevada, or Arizona, I can keep everyone posted on my life.
Here is what is happening so far. I graduate from BYU on April 24, 2008! Woo hoo. I started BYU in August 2005, so it went pretty quickly. My major is English and my minor is in editing. This whole year I have worked at the Religious Studies Center at BYU. I absolutely love being an editor there. It is so much fun and I am going to miss everyone I work with. I learned so much while I was there. I got to read talks by General Authorities and religion professors for twenty hours a week...it was great!
If there is one thing people know about me it is that I HATE Utah. HATE--with a fiery passion. But now that I only have 9 days possibly left in Utah I realize that I love it. I love the people I have met, I love the mountains, I love the snow, I love the sun, I love the horrible streets and sidewalks, I love the fast drivers, I love the temples, I just love this state. Who would have thought?
This fall I will either be attending grad school at Fordham University (Bronx, New York), George Mason University (Farifax, Virginia), or Montclair State University (Montclair, New Jersey). I already turned down the University at Albany, even though I had a full-ride scholarship. I am a little crazy. But I still have a full-ride to MSU so we will see what happens.
I have also been accepted to Teach for America. That means I would be a teacher for two years in low-income school districts. I would be teaching in schools where the children are behind in their assessments and it is my job to try to get them up to the educational standard that they should be at. I will find out tomorrow if I could be teaching in Colorado, Nevada, or Arizona.
So I have to make a huge decision that will change my life in less than a week. Wow. I need to make the best of my last week in Utah.
I figured that I should start this because I have no idea where I am going or what I am doing with my life. So wherever I end up: Washington, Utah, Virginia, Colorado, New York, New Jersey, Nevada, or Arizona, I can keep everyone posted on my life.
Here is what is happening so far. I graduate from BYU on April 24, 2008! Woo hoo. I started BYU in August 2005, so it went pretty quickly. My major is English and my minor is in editing. This whole year I have worked at the Religious Studies Center at BYU. I absolutely love being an editor there. It is so much fun and I am going to miss everyone I work with. I learned so much while I was there. I got to read talks by General Authorities and religion professors for twenty hours a week...it was great!
If there is one thing people know about me it is that I HATE Utah. HATE--with a fiery passion. But now that I only have 9 days possibly left in Utah I realize that I love it. I love the people I have met, I love the mountains, I love the snow, I love the sun, I love the horrible streets and sidewalks, I love the fast drivers, I love the temples, I just love this state. Who would have thought?
This fall I will either be attending grad school at Fordham University (Bronx, New York), George Mason University (Farifax, Virginia), or Montclair State University (Montclair, New Jersey). I already turned down the University at Albany, even though I had a full-ride scholarship. I am a little crazy. But I still have a full-ride to MSU so we will see what happens.
I have also been accepted to Teach for America. That means I would be a teacher for two years in low-income school districts. I would be teaching in schools where the children are behind in their assessments and it is my job to try to get them up to the educational standard that they should be at. I will find out tomorrow if I could be teaching in Colorado, Nevada, or Arizona.
So I have to make a huge decision that will change my life in less than a week. Wow. I need to make the best of my last week in Utah.
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