Hi Class!
I'm Bryan, MA student in English Ed. I grew up in Aurora, IL, about an hour due west of Chicago, and completed my undergraduate studies at NYU where I studied dramatic lit. After graduating (oh so/not so many really...) years ago, I was restless and moved to Thailand to teach English as a foreign language. I planned to stay for about a year but ended up getting a job as a drama & art teacher for over-privileged Thai kids, and four years later I moved back to the States. After a few unglamorous years working in a dental office in lower Manhattan, I realized that I really missed teaching; hence the move back to Chicago and enrollment at UIC. In addition to my English and ed classes, I'm also completing an ELL endorsement and will be student-teaching next spring. Here's my favorite quotation:
"Pretty isn't beautiful, mother, pretty is what changes. What the eye arranges is what is beautiful." --Stephen Sondheim
I would love nothing than to go abroad and teach. Though I would like to do it in Spain or South America. But I heard Thailand is amazing. I would also love to hear how your experience was.
ReplyDeleteBryan, I didn't know you lived/taught in Thailand. How amazing. What made you come back?
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