After the first couple weeks here I was started to get frustrated. Money was going fast and there were a lot of wrong turns and dead ends. Now some things are finally starting to come together. I have found a place to live, I got the car, it looks like there are some job prospects that should come through. After a week of not hearing anything from UH I am going to assume that I am not going to be offered the job. Although at this point I think Im leaning toward a different arrangement.
Part-time work teaching ESL and doing some temporary curriculum development for a different school. While training as much as I can at the gym and taking a full load of classes for the semester online. I would like to work toward getting the Psych degree wrapped up as quickly as realistically possible, if that is what I want to transition to, then I want to be in a place where I can start getting some real experience in that field.
Yesterday I went by one of the self help shelters in the area to find out about volunteering with people who have mental illness. Next week I am going to meet with the director of volunteer services for the Department of Hawaii Mental health services and see what they have available. Between the two I should be able to find something once a week to start working with people who have mental illness.
Part-time ESL teaching, training 3-4 hours a day, and a 3/4 load of psych courses should keep me pretty busy for the next couple of months. Then come June I have a decision to make... either attend a summer program in California six weeks of intensive Chinese classes or teach at a summer program in China (also a good way to do some intensive Chinese language study). Then again the jobs may not be to happy to have a teacher leave while their summer programs are starting to ramp up. And given the small community here, I am going to have to be careful not to burn bridges within the community. Something that I have not always been the best at in the past.
Part-time work teaching ESL and doing some temporary curriculum development for a different school. While training as much as I can at the gym and taking a full load of classes for the semester online. I would like to work toward getting the Psych degree wrapped up as quickly as realistically possible, if that is what I want to transition to, then I want to be in a place where I can start getting some real experience in that field.
Yesterday I went by one of the self help shelters in the area to find out about volunteering with people who have mental illness. Next week I am going to meet with the director of volunteer services for the Department of Hawaii Mental health services and see what they have available. Between the two I should be able to find something once a week to start working with people who have mental illness.
Part-time ESL teaching, training 3-4 hours a day, and a 3/4 load of psych courses should keep me pretty busy for the next couple of months. Then come June I have a decision to make... either attend a summer program in California six weeks of intensive Chinese classes or teach at a summer program in China (also a good way to do some intensive Chinese language study). Then again the jobs may not be to happy to have a teacher leave while their summer programs are starting to ramp up. And given the small community here, I am going to have to be careful not to burn bridges within the community. Something that I have not always been the best at in the past.
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