From sage to scholar

According to Merriam-Webster: schol·ar
Pronunciation:
\ˈskä-lər\
Function:
noun
Etymology:
Middle English scoler, from Old English scolere & Anglo-French escoler, from Medieval Latin scholaris, from Late Latin, of a school, from Latin schola school
Date:
before 12th century

1: a person who attends a school or studies under a teacher : pupil
2 a: a person who has done advanced study in a special field b: a learned person
3: a holder of a scholarship

While in university, I was always asked if I minded being in school for so long. Or sometimes it was a teasing, “What are you going to be? A lifetime student?” I usually answered that I was a scholar and loved learning.
Now, most of the people who asked didn’t attend college/university; they did ‘their time’ in high school and that was it.
I on the other hand, reveled in the fact that I was going to university.
And now, I’m going back for more.

After much debate and back and forth, I’ve decided that I’m going to graduate school. I’ve always been interested in teaching on the higher learning end and English was always a favorite subject (after art, of course ☺)
So, I will be getting my MATL: Masters in Art in Teaching Languages; my emphasis in TESOL: Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages.

I’m so excited!

There’s so much to do:
Take the GRE
Get three letters of recommendation (one down, two to go)
Get my transcripts sent over
Fill out the application
And write an essay about myself and my goals :P

Hop, skip and a week

Apparently, I do have to beat sense into people, and on a daily basis too.

So, Election Day is coming up; excited about that.

Halloween did not go exactly as planned:
Dresses as 1950s nurse, yet I broke the zipper, so I had to sort of...... tie up the side. It was funny, but I pulled it off and brought lots of smiles to co-workers.
Plans were to go out and have fun.
But after a restless week, I just wanted to relax with some good horror movies and popcorn.
Shortly after buying the popcorn, I fell asleep. And that was my Halloween.

Planning on calling my old Art History professor and talking to her about what being a Art History graduate student would be like.

Speaking of plans, my birthday is Friday and I plan on talking the whole week off afterwards. Talk about a birthday week!!
I've just got to get through this week first.