I caved!

Yep, I did. I, who have said nae and even bleck to the idea, applied for a teaching certificate. Why? Well, I'll tell you. I am tired of getting rejected by publishing companies who don't know a good thing when it mocks them. I am tired of counting pills and capsules for a living, a job a trained monkey could do. And, I am tired of people automatically assuming I'm a teacher when I tell them I majored in English in college.
Oh, and the real reason: Virtual Schooling. Florida has a program designed for students who are home schooled or attend really small schools. It offers online courses to that they can learn the trig their mommy isn't really capable of teaching or take AP classes that their school/mom doesn't offer. Virtual schools have "teachers" who help the students via email and phone calls. So they "teach" students from all over the state, without actually having to be in a class room or do much lesson planning.
Plus, maybe if I actually have a teaching certificate I could go back to Germany someday...or maybe even Prague! Ooh, I like that idea...me, living in Praha...who want's to come visit?

It's GREat!

Oh, who am I kidding. I took a "diagnostic test" for the GRE because I am thinking about grad school for next fall. Let's just put it this way, if the test could have laughed at me it would have. I have several problems with tests like this, the biggest one is Math, I stink at Math, that's why I majored in English. Another problem is that I haven't taken a test like this since my Junior year of high school so I'm a bit rusty. But, my biggest problem is this: I don't do well with timers. Ever since elementry school and math speed drills I freeze up whenever any one says, "You have __ minutes, begin." It's like my mind shuts down and decides, "I can't work under all this pressure, I quit." The sad thing is that I am a wealth of information, but it's all useless and it all flies right out of my head the minute the clock starts.
So I'm off to hit the books, I have a GRE study guide and I'm about to go crack it (and take a lot more practice tests before I take the real one)!