Reflecting On My Journey Until Now 1: Mexico Summer 2012
With part of our summer plans involving a trip to Mexico, I cannot help but recall my last time there. I dug out my old canon digital camera and scrolled through the photos for a trip down memory lane. In 2012 I was 22 and had just graduated from Kutztown University with a BA in English and Professional Writing and a minor in biology. I was considering my career prospects with that degree and they were bleak. I contemplated getting certified to teach English as a foreign language, which I found out about through a friend at the time who got a TEFL job in Germany fresh out of uni. She didn't even have an english degree. So I figured that I, with an actual degree in the subject, could try it out. So, I found a program to get certified that would have me taking a month-long course in Chiapa de Corzo Mexico where I lived with a host family and take classes. Before buckling down and hitting the books I decided to start the trip with a visit to Cancun....