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plus,
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Friday, December 15, 2006
Monday, December 04, 2006
You'll never see me again.
I figured that heading would be better at getting your attention. ;-)
Anyway, I'm thinking about the comming summer and what things it might hold. Right now I'm hoping to stay here for language school. The only question is where this is going to happen (In Tegus, on the coast, or in Costa Rica).
Right now the most likely option is for me to stay here in Tegus and go to a language school somewhere in town for 4 hours a day. Also I might be taking classes with a lady here at school who teaches Peace Corp "troops". She's really good, but she usually makes $20 an hour during her holidays through that program. That's perfectly normal on a US salary, but it's crushing on a Honduran salary like mine. (I make around $3-4 an hour and that's considered a great paycheck here).
But this would still be the best for a lot of reasons, the main reason is because I would also be helping out here at the school ands still getting paid (plus have housing). I would be helping out with administrative type duties, namely scheduling and who knows... maybe even screening new-student candidates. That would make me extremely happy. I know I'm very young and inexperienced, but I like helping out with the more administrative duties.
I've noticed that I'm not as much of a teacher as I thought I was. I'm definitely, and without a doubt, made for choirs and to be a choir director, but that's vastly different from teaching in a classroom type of environment. Especially when I have to make up the curriculum myself. That's tough. But the planning and dreaming and other things that go along with the administrative side of things are right up my ally. I don't know exactly how much I'll be allowed to be involved in all this, but I definitely want to get involved as much as possible.
Things with the Philharmonic Chorus are also going well. Guess what happened in practice yesterday! Never mind, you'd never guess even if I gave you 20 chances. I led the rehearsal for about 1 hour and thirty minutes. Now that's a lot "huger" than you might think... I mean, even if the chorus isn't as great as some of the ones that I've been a part of in college, it's still a huge thing because I don't know Spanish barely at all. So even though at this point in my Spanish career I should be in the depressing stages of making a huge fool of myself... I've still been given honor and respect. It's more kindness than I could bear. And it sure was fun.
Well, I need to go now,
--
Jason Scott Vawter
Anyway, I'm thinking about the comming summer and what things it might hold. Right now I'm hoping to stay here for language school. The only question is where this is going to happen (In Tegus, on the coast, or in Costa Rica).
Right now the most likely option is for me to stay here in Tegus and go to a language school somewhere in town for 4 hours a day. Also I might be taking classes with a lady here at school who teaches Peace Corp "troops". She's really good, but she usually makes $20 an hour during her holidays through that program. That's perfectly normal on a US salary, but it's crushing on a Honduran salary like mine. (I make around $3-4 an hour and that's considered a great paycheck here).
But this would still be the best for a lot of reasons, the main reason is because I would also be helping out here at the school ands still getting paid (plus have housing). I would be helping out with administrative type duties, namely scheduling and who knows... maybe even screening new-student candidates. That would make me extremely happy. I know I'm very young and inexperienced, but I like helping out with the more administrative duties.
I've noticed that I'm not as much of a teacher as I thought I was. I'm definitely, and without a doubt, made for choirs and to be a choir director, but that's vastly different from teaching in a classroom type of environment. Especially when I have to make up the curriculum myself. That's tough. But the planning and dreaming and other things that go along with the administrative side of things are right up my ally. I don't know exactly how much I'll be allowed to be involved in all this, but I definitely want to get involved as much as possible.
Things with the Philharmonic Chorus are also going well. Guess what happened in practice yesterday! Never mind, you'd never guess even if I gave you 20 chances. I led the rehearsal for about 1 hour and thirty minutes. Now that's a lot "huger" than you might think... I mean, even if the chorus isn't as great as some of the ones that I've been a part of in college, it's still a huge thing because I don't know Spanish barely at all. So even though at this point in my Spanish career I should be in the depressing stages of making a huge fool of myself... I've still been given honor and respect. It's more kindness than I could bear. And it sure was fun.
Well, I need to go now,
--
Jason Scott Vawter
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