From Buffalo to Mule

My apologizes. It has been a while since I have posted a new blog. We have been quite busy and distracted lately. But will update everyone on that in a later post.


In the meantime, one of our distractions has certainly been my decision to return to school. As some of you know, I have been talking about going back to obtain a teaching certificate to teach spanish. The decision was a tough one. Graduate school is very expensive, and I wasn't sure I wanted to invest money into a field I knew nothing about nor if I would be any good at. So I waffled and chickened out last fall.


It wasn't until I was sitting at my nephew's graduation ceremony, listening to the class Valedictorian speak about life that I renewed my motivation to pursue this new career. She quoted Mark Twain who said "in 20 years, we will regret the things we didn't do, vs. the things we did". That statement hit me like a lightening bolt and almost immediately, I began to look into options again.


It was in this renewed effort that I came across a program at the University of Central Missouri for an Alternative Certification Teaching program. One with a Bachelor's degree can obtain a Masters degree in teaching with an accelerated program to obtain state certification. This turned out to be a great opportunity for me to get a Master's degree and the certification at the same time.


With much angst, I applied and was accepted into the program and started classes last week. One online, one on-site. I have to say, I sort of forgot all the reading that is required for these classes!

With luck, I will finish my degree in three years. My plan is to resign from Remel early next year, try to pick up some freelance marketing projects, and begin substitute teaching in the Fall of 2009. Not only will I hopefully be moving into a more rewarding career, but also be working closer to home and making the same salary as I do now (thanks to the Masters). Which is hard to find in smaller communities.

This move doesn't come without a profound sense of fear. After all, I am leaving a semi-successful and solid marketing career. But, I keep going back to that Mark Twain quote. Worst case scenario I will be a terrible teacher, or hate it, and will just go back to Marketing. Either way, I will have a Masters Degree under my belt and can't say I didn't try and spend my life wondering "what if?"

So, I am now officially a UCM Mule....hmmmmm



But I will always be a CU Buff at heart! Yea!