Change of plans

At the end of fall quarter some of the Spanish profs at Central introduced my Conversational Spanish class to a program called Cultural and Language Assistants in Spain. Basically its a grant from the Spanish government to have native speakers of English from the U.S. and Canada come and assist teachers in their public schools. The profs handed out fliers with more information about how to apply. It was quite an extensive application process but thanks to Prof Lee and Kasselis-Smith, I was able to get the application process done very quickly and before nearly anyone else had applied. Mind you, it is a first come, first serve basis once you meet the basic requirements. I applied in early December 09 and then didn't think too much about it.

Soon it was April and I am still having trouble communicating with the powers that be in Ecuador. They said I would be teaching there next year and even asked me if I would coach baseball there. I was super-excited and had my heart set on Ecuador. Luckily though, I had applied to the Spain program as a backup plan. I got an email in May saying that I was accepted to the program and had 5 days to decline or accept. Immediately I shot an email off to the woman I had been corresponding with in Ecuador to find out if they really wanted me for sure, as I had not recieved the contract that was supposed to be in the mail yet. She let me know that with building their new school they were not able to hire me, were very sorry and were glad to hear about my backup plan. At that point, I went straight to the Auxilliares website and accepted. I was a little disappointed about Ecuador but it still felt great to accept the position in Spain.
So, now 4 months later I am preparing for my 10 months living in Spain.....