Friday, July 13, 2012

Introduction

Welcome to my Blog. I guess this first entry should consist primarily of an introduction. My name is Emma Heinlen and I am a newly-spawned graduate of Florida Gulf Coast University. I have recently earned my degree in Elementary Education and and more excited than ever to begin my teaching pursuits. I began my application to join the Peace Corps after about a year of considering it. I allotted myself over a year of time to work on the application process and with having to tie up many medical strings to find my medical reports that were needed to be submitted. Originally, I was nominated to serve in September of 2012 to Sub-Saharan Africa to teach English to middle school aged students. I haven now been Invited to serve in Macedonia to teach English to Primary school. I am absolutely thrilled to be a part of this wonderful opportunity, but as nearly anyone can admit, learning a language that utilizes a completely different alphabet is quite terrifying. I have jumpstarted my learning with the limited Peace Corps material as well as www.macedonianlanguage.org . The most i can say is: Јас се викам Емма. But at least that is something, right?