With the new school We thought as a Spanish major we could avoid the study abroad. Looks like we were wrong. I was looking through a syllabus for my Spanish class when I stumbled across something that said to be licensed as a foreign language teacher in Wisconsin, you need to have an immersion experience. What does that mean? It is so vague! I talked to my teacher and he said that there was the possibility of study abroad in J-term. For those who are not aware of what j-term is, it is the time between Christmas and the Spring semester. This is the perfect time to go, there is hardly any rain, its not too hot, and Ty is coming with me!
This means that we will be leaving from December 29-January19th. Today, we are working on getting our passports. Yesterday, we went and had our pictures taken at Walgreens and today we will be going to the court house to file the paperwork! On this trip we will be with about 20 other people and we will get to see all the different cultures in Mexico. There are about 5 or more cities that we will be going to, in Central Mexico. The next few months we will be attending a class on Tuesday nights to prepare us for the culture of what we are going to see while in Mexico. The best part is, we are going for 3 weeks and we each get 3 credits, all we have to do is write an 8-10 page paper. For Ty it will be in English, but for me it will have to be in Spanish.
Well, that's about all we have been up to lately, apart from watching the Bears beat the Packers, (that one was for you Tay) we have just been working on homework and going to class. Today I will get placement for the classroom that I have to observe in for 25 hours. This will definitely make for an interesting rest of the semester! Ty has two tests on Friday and after that we are home free for the weekend in Chippewa. I will try to keep you updated about Mexico. We will be getting more info tonight. Any questions you have feel free to post! We would love to give more information!
¡México aquí nosotros venimos!
(Translated: Mexico here we come!)
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I am excited for you guys! It sounds like a really fun trip, plus you get credit for going on vacation:) Thanks for posting and sending all of the great pics of the kids. Sunday was fun, even though you and I learned that corn mazes are a little creepy and make us claustrophobic. Hope you are having a great week. We're looking forward to going to the pumpkin patch with you guys on Saturday. Annie says, "uh."
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