Pay Ranges for Target Professions:
English Teacher, FBISD (my home district): Base pay $44,500 (usually increases about $900 every school year one stays at the same school) + BENEFITS
English Professor/Post-secondary: $50-96,000 in Texas
Magazine Publisher: Base Pay $61,455
Human Resources: $53,000
Personal Financial Assessment: Teaching at the high school level seems to be the most steady job with the most steady pay increase and best benefits. Texas seems like the best place to live with the biggest difference between income and cost-of-living. I can't believe my home district (the one I grew up in) starts off paying their teachers that much. WOW!
I must thank my parents for paying for all of my college so far. It has truly been a blessing. What are my plans for staying out of debt? I believe entitlement is a definite struggle that I must master throughout my life; the desire for material possessions (worse: the thought that I deserve whatever I desire) must be monitored. Do I deal with entitlement? I mean, I just told you my parents paid for my college-Exhibit A.
How do I plan to monitor my money-spending?
-Keep "buying on a whim" to a minimum
-Never purchase something I cannot pay for with a check/cash, being careful with the Credit Card
-ask advice from a close friend on big-purchase items
-read Dave Ramsey
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
#22 Assigned 11/9, Grad School plan
I would love to attend graduate school in many fields, but that's the problem. I don't know exactly what I field I want to go into. English is my first love, however I'm afraid I will be tied down to teach if I further my education in this field. Education is the same. Within the education college, a plethora of specifications catch my eye: Counseling, Curriculum Development, Higher Education. These would keep me confined within the education realm, like English. To clarify, the possibility of teaching is not what bothers me; not having options bothers me.
Recently, striving for that Universal MBA seems more and more appealing. The thought of doing all kinds of business, having lunch meetings to close the deal, getting rewarded for being friendly to sell things people want or need, this all sounds exciting.
So obviously, I want to further my education, but I don't know which direction I want to step in (Yes, I ended this sentence with a preposition. I just don't really know a better way to word it. And the juxtaposition of my grammar within my unrest should stir the same discomfort within you that roars inside me and my lack of choosing a Master's path).
So, my plan for Graduate School? I need to seek the opinions of those older than me who have seen me grow up and progress. I need to take a few personality tests to see where I fall and what careers might be best.
Bottom line, I need to figure out what direction I want to go. I don't want to wake up in two years with an MA wondering why the Hell I got this degree.
Seriously though, I have taken the GRE and am in the process of asking for letters of reference and filling out forms. Texas Tech seems the most logical place, however I am not opposed to leaving Lubbock to further my education and life experiences.
Recently, striving for that Universal MBA seems more and more appealing. The thought of doing all kinds of business, having lunch meetings to close the deal, getting rewarded for being friendly to sell things people want or need, this all sounds exciting.
So obviously, I want to further my education, but I don't know which direction I want to step in (Yes, I ended this sentence with a preposition. I just don't really know a better way to word it. And the juxtaposition of my grammar within my unrest should stir the same discomfort within you that roars inside me and my lack of choosing a Master's path).
So, my plan for Graduate School? I need to seek the opinions of those older than me who have seen me grow up and progress. I need to take a few personality tests to see where I fall and what careers might be best.
Bottom line, I need to figure out what direction I want to go. I don't want to wake up in two years with an MA wondering why the Hell I got this degree.
Seriously though, I have taken the GRE and am in the process of asking for letters of reference and filling out forms. Texas Tech seems the most logical place, however I am not opposed to leaving Lubbock to further my education and life experiences.
#3 & #24-Assigned 12/2; Resume, Cover-letter, Career Center Assessment
Career Center: My plans for using the career center are very basic seeing as I am planning on teaching high school English. The career center holds a Student Teacher Fair every spring semester. I plan to utilize this teaching fair to hopefully advertise my desire to teach. The career center offers this fair plus resume and cover-letter examples for future teachers. I wish I could ask more from the Career Center; however, school districts most likely try to avoid interviewing at college campuses, truly not preferring recent graduates (those untested and barely out of training) to teach their students.
Friday, November 12, 2010
Assigned 11/16
I don't know what is more intimidating: MLA citation style or being corrected by Dr. Hurst during a presentation. That is really what I am worried about. Some throw fits over being forced to present in public, but I am sweating bullets over misrepresenting the revered APOSTROPHE ().
KC presented quotation marks. Bottom line, put quotation marks on the outside (most of the time).
Denice presented semi-colons, colons, dashes, and hypens. And I'm glad because I have always wondered about those...
Kit presented subject verb agreement. (But I really does not need help with that).
Lindsey very effortlessly displayed MLA citation style. (I gotta remember to double space, FO SHOW!!!)
And finally Holly entertained us through sentences, clauses, and phrases. According to my senior seminar professor, I definitely needed to take notes on this presentation.
Last thursday, gypsies came to our class, or at least this seemed the case. Senior Seminar was very entertaining, and we even learned valuable GRAMMAR lessons as well.
colton spoke on CAPITALIZATION (HAHA, I did not capitalize his name on purpose!!! Oh English Grammar Jokes!).
Jessica did not often confuse the often confused pronoun cases in her presntation.
Shannon's presentation followed closely behind the content of Kit's subject-verb agreement topic. She unpacked pronoun-anticedent agreement for us.
Andrea's presentation captivated the audience with her four-hour-prepared posters, and it's easy to see her future teaching skills surfacing already. She presented comparatives and superlatives.
Jospehine seemed comfortable after confessing the mistakes within her project. She described the differences and uses of who, whom, which, and that.
Chris uncovered parallelism and tense consistency...who knew grammar could be so much fun?
The presentations enlightened us not only to these topics, but our class's need to understand apostrophes and possesive forms. So I feel obligated to thank the class for setting up the importance of the subject of my language presentation: Apostrophes.
KC presented quotation marks. Bottom line, put quotation marks on the outside (most of the time).
Denice presented semi-colons, colons, dashes, and hypens. And I'm glad because I have always wondered about those...
Kit presented subject verb agreement. (But I really does not need help with that).
Lindsey very effortlessly displayed MLA citation style. (I gotta remember to double space, FO SHOW!!!)
And finally Holly entertained us through sentences, clauses, and phrases. According to my senior seminar professor, I definitely needed to take notes on this presentation.
Last thursday, gypsies came to our class, or at least this seemed the case. Senior Seminar was very entertaining, and we even learned valuable GRAMMAR lessons as well.
colton spoke on CAPITALIZATION (HAHA, I did not capitalize his name on purpose!!! Oh English Grammar Jokes!).
Jessica did not often confuse the often confused pronoun cases in her presntation.
Shannon's presentation followed closely behind the content of Kit's subject-verb agreement topic. She unpacked pronoun-anticedent agreement for us.
Andrea's presentation captivated the audience with her four-hour-prepared posters, and it's easy to see her future teaching skills surfacing already. She presented comparatives and superlatives.
Jospehine seemed comfortable after confessing the mistakes within her project. She described the differences and uses of who, whom, which, and that.
Chris uncovered parallelism and tense consistency...who knew grammar could be so much fun?
The presentations enlightened us not only to these topics, but our class's need to understand apostrophes and possesive forms. So I feel obligated to thank the class for setting up the importance of the subject of my language presentation: Apostrophes.
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
#21 combined with Assigned 11/23
Today, Hurst made clear the pyramid of language, from the definitions of idiolect to dialect and language.
I found one thing exceptionally interesting from today's lesson. First, the thought of social media creating its own language resonates. I remember the learning curve in 6th grade, when my SN (Screen Name) was actually cool, johndebomb. An example conversation (with translation) follows:
johndebomb: wassup? (What are you doing?)
cheerchik123: nmhjc. u? (Not much here, just chilling. you?)
johndebomb: same. brb. (Same. I'll be right back)
cheerchik123: pob. (Parent over back)
Hours and hours of my middle and high school years were spent slaving over the computer communicating to friends (I guess not much has really changed: Facebook, email, Blogger). Well this language manifested itself through school notes; the age of passing gel-penned and folded notes ruled my middle school halls. I am sure these text notes were a national craze at the time, currently taking its form through cell-phones. Well these Instant Messaging conversations were only the beginning to my digital life. I remember exploring with Myspace and Facebook up and into college, Facebook turning out to be very helpful even in the job arena.
In High School, I remember taking a few computer courses: Business Applications, Multi-Media Animations, and AutoCAD. I didn't sign up for them thinking I was gaining valuable skills for life; I joined them because I was curious. Looking back, Business Applications taught me great skills for using Microsoft Office and basic Flash and Photoshop (all of which are very valuable in the college arena).
I believe I will continue to use digital media (Facebook and LinkedIN when I graduate) upon entering the real world. Using digital media can seem overwhelming even for me (who cannot remember a time before the internet). Encouragement to those who think using digital media is impossible for them: The hardest thing about using Facebook, LinkedIN, and other forms exists in learning to use them. Once you learn to use them, the activity can be as enjoyable as reading. Even with reading, we must learn to dive so deep we are no longer conscious we are reading.
Out.
I found one thing exceptionally interesting from today's lesson. First, the thought of social media creating its own language resonates. I remember the learning curve in 6th grade, when my SN (Screen Name) was actually cool, johndebomb. An example conversation (with translation) follows:
johndebomb: wassup? (What are you doing?)
cheerchik123: nmhjc. u? (Not much here, just chilling. you?)
johndebomb: same. brb. (Same. I'll be right back)
cheerchik123: pob. (Parent over back)
Hours and hours of my middle and high school years were spent slaving over the computer communicating to friends (I guess not much has really changed: Facebook, email, Blogger). Well this language manifested itself through school notes; the age of passing gel-penned and folded notes ruled my middle school halls. I am sure these text notes were a national craze at the time, currently taking its form through cell-phones. Well these Instant Messaging conversations were only the beginning to my digital life. I remember exploring with Myspace and Facebook up and into college, Facebook turning out to be very helpful even in the job arena.
In High School, I remember taking a few computer courses: Business Applications, Multi-Media Animations, and AutoCAD. I didn't sign up for them thinking I was gaining valuable skills for life; I joined them because I was curious. Looking back, Business Applications taught me great skills for using Microsoft Office and basic Flash and Photoshop (all of which are very valuable in the college arena).
I believe I will continue to use digital media (Facebook and LinkedIN when I graduate) upon entering the real world. Using digital media can seem overwhelming even for me (who cannot remember a time before the internet). Encouragement to those who think using digital media is impossible for them: The hardest thing about using Facebook, LinkedIN, and other forms exists in learning to use them. Once you learn to use them, the activity can be as enjoyable as reading. Even with reading, we must learn to dive so deep we are no longer conscious we are reading.
Out.
#19 Assigned 11-2
Today we learned about the English Language. OR should I call it the Anglish language? Dr. Hurst traced the line of written communication back to cave paintings she dated back 30-50,000 years. Of course this language was not English.
Apparently the English language stems from Indo-European Languages. Modern Turkey bridged Southeast Asia and the Middle East and therefore Europe, becoming the birthplace for many common languages. Under the umbrella of Indo-European Languages rests subgroups: Greek, Italic, Celtic, Germanic, and so on. And English traces its origins back to the Germanic tongue.
After the Celts and Romans left modern day Britain, the Germanic Tribes moved in. Naturally the Germanic tongue evolved:
from Old English (450-1066 AD),
through Middle English (1066-1450 AD),
and into Modern English (1450-present).
Modern English will always evolve, changing with the times (Internet language is even creeping into the Oxford Dictionary). Crazy.
Out.
Apparently the English language stems from Indo-European Languages. Modern Turkey bridged Southeast Asia and the Middle East and therefore Europe, becoming the birthplace for many common languages. Under the umbrella of Indo-European Languages rests subgroups: Greek, Italic, Celtic, Germanic, and so on. And English traces its origins back to the Germanic tongue.
After the Celts and Romans left modern day Britain, the Germanic Tribes moved in. Naturally the Germanic tongue evolved:
from Old English (450-1066 AD),
through Middle English (1066-1450 AD),
and into Modern English (1450-present).
Modern English will always evolve, changing with the times (Internet language is even creeping into the Oxford Dictionary). Crazy.
Out.
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