Job #1: Acquired!

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

I was talking to a good friend the other week who just happens to be a teacher, and she was commenting on how great the summer has been because she enjoys being a "lady of leisure". I agreed to a certain extent. It's a little different when your leisurely hours are spent looking for a job.

Anyway, all that to say that I got a job yesterday! It's only part-time. And it's in Palo Alto. BUT IT'S A JOB! And a really cool one at that. I'm going to be teaching Spanish immersion classes to 2-7 year olds. It's a lot of singing and goofing off and playing with puppets and making funny faces... all in Spanish. I observed one of the classes yesterday before I was told they wanted me to take over Friday classes in Palo Alto. So I'm very excited to get the "official" offer letter and get started next week. And because it's only one day a week, I still have plenty of time to work out another part-time gig.

My next plan of attack is to apply for a volunteer position at Center for the Art of Translation. Eventually, I want to become certified to translate either legal, business, or medical documents (by joining and taking an exam with the American Translators Association), but I also want to learn more about the world of literary translation and publication of anthologies of translated poetry/short stories. The CAT has fall internships/volunteer positions, so I'm going to work on that.

So that's what's up right now. Next week I start training for my classes and I present a demo class next Friday. Eep! Guess I'd better start listening to all of those Spanish CDs. I'm sure that won't drive Chip crazy...