Comments | autumn_augury: just say "no" to olympia's winters.

autumn_augury

just say "no" to olympia's winters.

Aug 27, 2005 01:34

Cost of a 10 week fulltime program at Evergreen: $1300
Cost of rent & utilities & food & stuff in Olympia for 10 weeks: $2100
Total cost of living in Olympia going to Evergreen every quarter: $3400

Total cost of teaching English to schoolkids in Thailand for 10 weeks, including everything but airfare: $3000
Airfare is about $1000 or soCircle one ( Read more... )

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hobbledehoy August 27 2005, 09:27:35 UTC

oh oh oh!

eva_bellatrix August 27 2005, 14:58:07 UTC

But...do you speak Thai?

autumn_augury August 27 2005, 22:53:17 UTC

i'm not exactly sure how they've got this set up, but they say i don't need any knowledge of thai before i go. of course i'll learn some while i'm there, not counting the 40 hours of TEFL training. but you've been in foreign language classes where the teacher only speaks in the foreign language, right? and there will be other adults there who speak english.
the other option is to go to quito, ecuador, which actually does offer official spanish classes, which will probably translate into more college credit for me.

eva_bellatrix August 28 2005, 01:59:41 UTC

Wow, well, whatever you decide, have fun!!

psychogirl202 August 28 2005, 04:09:26 UTC

i wanna come!!!!

autumn_augury August 28 2005, 10:29:39 UTC

seriously? if i do this, it'd be this winter quarter, and possibly spring quarter. see, it's unlikely someone will want to sublet my room for only 3 months, especially someone who meets my roommates' discriminating standards, so i might smash all my time away from olympia together? except then i would never get to see you. which sucks. so of course the solution that makes everyone happy is if you came with me. :) note my comment above where i mention i might go to quito, ecuador instead. but we'll see... it may end up that documenting thailand's unique cultural isolation will prove to be more credit-worthy than building off my high school spanish classes (yes, i still have thoughts of doing that documentary on education in different cultures).

autumn_augury August 28 2005, 10:34:01 UTC

oh, the website where i found all this is www.i-to-i.com

simultaneity August 28 2005, 19:16:05 UTC

holy shit i'm coming with you.
also, contract?

autumn_augury August 28 2005, 23:05:11 UTC

if i do a contract, then i have to pay tuition. if i don't do a contract, i can get credit through Prior Learning from Experience. i still need to discuss this with an advisor to figure out exactly what needs to be done. my plan is to not have to take any more classes before graduating, relying solely on PLE, internships, and contracts. i think that was secretly my original plan when i decided to come to evergreen.

simultaneity August 30 2005, 02:32:39 UTC

sounds like sex. wish i could pull that. <3

umm, regarding our plans... hobbledehoy September 4 2005, 06:15:30 UTC

would you want to go to this with us instead?

> WHAT: Invitation For Everyone
>
> WHO: Kate Bornstein
>
> WHEN: Saturday, Sept 3rd, 2005, 4:00 p.m.
>
> WHERE: Washington State Convention and Trade Center,
> 6th floor
>
> COST: Free
>
> Greetings,
>
> FTM 2005: A Gender Odyssey would like to extend a
> warm invitation for one and all to come hear Kate
> Bornstein. Kate will be offering the conference
> keynote address on Saturday, September 3rd, 4:00p on
> the 6th floor of the Washington State Convention and
> Trade Center. Kate's keynote address, sponsored by
> the Gender Odyssey, is FREE and OPEN to EVERYONE,
> regardless of conference attendance.