I'm beginning this blog for one main reason: to record my experiences volunteering and traveling overseas the summer of 2008.
Here's my itinerary:
May 4-11: New Orleans, Louisiana
May 13-21: Paris, France
May 25-31: New Orleans, Louisiana
May 31-June 10: Bloomington, Illinois
June 11-July 4: Nablus, Palestine + Israel
July 4-August 1: Athens, Greece
August 1-August 29: ??? (Suggestions, anyone? Amsterdam's in the top 3 :D)
August 29-September 2: Valencia, Spain por La Tomatina
A friend recommended that I begin that journal before I leave--I'm taking his advice. Here it goes.
A quick note before I head to a meeting in 5 minutes:
It's the end of the semester again. I'm surrounded by familiar stacks of essays, that never seem to decrease. As soon as I finish a stack, another grows in its place. It's like some bad Greek myth. Like the last two semesters, I alternate each essay with an internet search of jobs I could have other than this one. The difference? This semester I actually get to apply to those jobs.
And in less than six weeks, I won't be within 10,000 miles of this office or these stacks of essays.
Don't get me wrong. I like my students. And I like teaching. But this isn't for me, and I've known that for 6 months now. I'm ready for the next step.
But first, I've got to finish taking this one. Next essay?
posted by Nik Sushka at
3:45 PM
2 Comments:
From my friend Nick Walker:
If I were you and had sometime to kill this summer and the ability to travel I would go to Taiwan or Turkey. Turkey to see the old byzantine churches and Taiwan because there is a lot of need there, as well as it being cool. Granted I have not been to either.
11:51 AM
Nik,
Your summer plans sound amazing. Your energy, in fact, amazes me. I hope the trip is transforming and tiring (in that good tired kind of way).
Mari
5:42 AM
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