After graduating from MSU with a Bachelor's in Spanish (with a minor in
English) and completing my year-long student teaching internship at
Everett High School in Lansing, MI, I followed my heart to Madrid Spain.
I spent three wonderful years teaching English both to children in a
private academy and to adults through in-company classes. I also took
advantage of living in Europe to travel as much as possible, and was
able to check quite a few things off of my "must do" list. As much as I
loved living in Spain, my husband wasn't willing to commit to being a
full-time madrileño, so we compromised by moving somewhere warmer than
Michigan, but closer to home than Europe: North Carolina. For the past
year I taught Spanish I & II to 9-12 graders in the Charlotte area.
Despite being much better prepared than most beginning teachers, I still
found it a challenging, time-consuming job. I enjoyed it nonetheless
and am looking forward to another year at the same school. I am keeping
busy this summer by coaching cheerleading, taking online Master's
classes, planning a trip to visit friends and family in Spain and
Germany, running, cooking, and doing all the other things I didn't have
time to do during the school year!
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Hi Lisa,
Thanks for your post! I am really excited about your background in international education. It's amazing what an experience teaching in another country can do for our ability to imagine new possibilities back here in the states (as I said in my opening post, I taught in Hungary for several years).
Sounds like you are enjoying North Carolina, which is awesome. Ben, in our class, is a Michigan transplant to Raleigh--you may want to compare notes with him some time.
Welcome to the course!
Kyle
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