inspired.

I was, to say the least, super bummed the internship wouldn't work out. I was looking forward to adding it to both my "Child Care" resume, and my "Biology" one. Awesome right? And it seemed like fun, assisting a teacher in fun "enrichment" classes. But really, I have no desire to be Therapist. Not a Speech one, not a Physical one, not an Occupational one. No thanks. So in the end, I wasn't doing something that was going to be worth my time. It really wouldn't better prepare me for my future. It'd just be another line on my resume, that didn't really enhance it. 

Also. Two other things happened: 

1) I joined "Critical Thinking." I guess I wasn't exactly sure what it was. My Microbiology professor teaches it, and I've really liked the other classes I've taken with him so I said, sure, why not?

The first day of class, I realized it was going to be a lot harder than I thought. The whole class is about how to interpret research articles, analyze them for yourself, as well as present the findings. UGH! This is the number one thing I dread about science classes, and the number one thing holding me back from graduate school. 

With that being said, I'm actually looking forward to this class now. It's gonna kick my butt, but I think it's a necessary class. It'll be challenging (where the internship wouldn't have been). It'll also be beneficial, not only for grad school, but any other facet of life. Learning to think critically on every aspect of life.. faith.. politics.. etc. So. I'm glad this happened, as much as it is going to make me dread Thursdays at 9:50 every week.

2) THIS IS THE EXCITING PART!!! 

I should have opened with this! but I guess I'd rather end on a real good note. I attended the first ESL training this weekend and I absolutely loved it. I'm getting really excited to tutor. I learned so much about teaching in those 6 hours that have gotten me really stoked for volunteering this semester. At first, I wanted to tutor to see if ESL was something I would want to do. Ya know, live abroad and teach English. Although I had no experience with that really. Now, after attending this training session I'm really looking forward to this! It also gives me hope that teaching English in a foreign country is a legit possibility for me! It wouldn't just be an excuse to live abroad, it would be an occupation I would enjoy!

So this is good. I'm excited. I obviously won't be teaching English all my life. But I definitely am strongly considering it for the future.