Yesterday I completed my TESOL English teaching certification course. I am now a certified ESL teacher! This will be a great resume boost so now I can apply for jobs. Before, I could say, "Hi, I'm an American with no degree or certification but I speak English and have done some tutoring!" Now, I can say "Hi, I'm a certified English teacher with tutoring experience!" Don't worry, my resume and cover letter will include no exclamation marks or the word 'hi' ... I'm not an idiot :P
Reality still isn't smacking me in the face yet. It's tapping, though. Knock, knock, Kristin. You have marketable human capital now. You have to go market yourself. You're planning to move in less than two months. Tick, tock.....
On March 26, 2009, I left my life in America and moved to South Korea. I put my worldly possessions into two suitcases and a backpack and got on a plane. On December 8, 2012, I returned not to my hometown of Detroit, but to Silicon Valley, California, where I married an Indian engineer. In 2020, I divorced and moved to southern California. In this blog are my successes, failures, and observations of life in different cultures.
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