A New Year, A New Adventure

After many, many days of contemplating what I would do after I graduated from college, I have decided to go to Argentina in September for 7 months. I am going to be volunteering for a non-profit organization which sends volunteers out to smaller host organizations.  I'm going to be working for a place that has an after-school program where I will be teaching English as a Second Language, helping with homework and helping to prepare snacks for the kids.  I have always had a passion for helping people and I think that this will be a good time to help others and gain some experience in teaching ESL before I go to graduate school in the fall of 2009 to get a Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) in Teaching English to Students of Other Languages (TESOL).  Although I have traveled a good amount before, I'm still really nervous about this trip because it is the longest trip that I have taken by myself.  I am also incredibly excited and know that I will learn a lot from this experience.