So since I was in high school I always said that I was going to get out of this town, but always there seems to be other plans laid out for me. In high school, I was so set on going to Concordia in Moorhead and being anywhere but here. After my second year at Concordia, I realized that I wasn't quite sure about what I was going into. So I decided to start the paper work to transfer back to Minot State. During the transfer period, I went and studied in Argentina for 6 months. While there I met some great people and had amazing adventures. I figured out that I wanted to be a Spanish teacher. I came back to Minot, changed my declared major and was finishing up to have a Spanish education degree.
Once again, I was set on leaving Minot after graduation. I looked for teaching jobs in throughout the state knowing I didn't want to be too far from home, but didn't have any luck. Then a teaching job opened up on Minot! I turned in my application, but kept looking around to other places. Three months went by and I hadn't had any luck. I was getting ready for an evening class when my phone rang. It was the principal of one of the high schools. I am friends with his daughters and had told one of them that I was looking for a Spanish teaching job. He asked me why I had not applied for the opening in Minot. I told him that I had months ago. So we set up an interview for the following day. When I arrived, it turned out that I had sent in my application so early they had put it in a different folder only to forget about it. After the interview, I was offered the position as the traveling foreign language teacher. I would be going to 3 different schools everyday.
Well it is the end of this first year of teaching and I have found that I really do enjoy it. Looking ahead towards next year I thought about going somewhere else in ND and have been looking for jobs. In Minot, looking at the numbers of foreign language students throughout the high school, they had gone down. I was told that I would probably be part time next year with my middle schools taken away. So I knew that I need to look else where for a job. I even thought about doing different service programs. I prayed and told God that He was in control of the situation and I would try not to be such a control freak. I told Him my desire was for a full time job teaching high school Spanish with no traveling.
After the principals had their meetings for next year they decided to move around the class sizes and a miracle happened....I was told I would be full time next year at the high school I am currently at teach the grades that I love. WITH NO TRAVELING! It was so awesome to see this all happen within the time of two weeks.
So I guess I am staying in Minot. AND I am more than okay with that. I love my job, my life, and my awesome and amazing God!
