As much as I hate to mentally associate Snooki with the education of young and impressionable children, I'm excited to say that I have officially accepted an offer with Teach for America (TFA) as an elementary school teacher in Miami, Florida! I was originally assigned to Atlanta but encountered a major summer scheduling problem after a week of frantic emailing and early morning phone calls, I was reassigned to Miami-Dade. I'm disappointed to lose my placement in Atlanta, I'm getting used to the idea of spending my Saturday mornings lounging on the beach...While Miami-Dade wasn't at the top of my list, it definitely wasn't anywhere near the bottom and, most importantly, I'll be teaching elementary school! Love me them little ones.
Having the next two years of my life semi-planned is a huge relief. Now I can relax and focus on life here!
A.I.T. (the "not embassy") hosted a big Thanksgiving dinner party on Friday for all the American diplomats and Fulbright crew living in Taiwan. The food was, as always, incredible and it was great to see the whole Fulbright group again. Another Yilan ETA dinner has been organized for this Wednesday night at a traditional Taiwanese food restaurant in town -- meaning no turkey but 10 courses!
A bunch of us took advantage of being in Taipei and went to see Harry Potter 7 in a real theater and IT WAS AWESOME!!! It was especially awesome because Yilan's only got a crappy 4-screen movie theater with sound that's always just a liiittle off, so seeing it in a nice theater made it seem really super impressive (rather than just regular super impressive).
The rumors are true: things mold here. Not just food, but clothes, shoes, other things... If mold can grow on it, it will. To counter the mold attack (so far my only casualty has been my backpack, although my purple heels were almost fatally wounded last week) I bought a bunch of little dehumidifiers and some anti-fungus laundry detergent. I also bought a new backpack which made me realize how crappy my old backpack actually was, silver lining much?
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