Adjusting to a new culture: Living in Chile
In case you don’t know me and my story, I made the move to Santiago, Chile in February 2010. The job market for teachers was rough when I graduated in 2006, and I wanted a new start in a new part of the world. I arrived with a program as a English teaching assistant in […]
Adjusting to a new culture: My experience living in Germany
There’s a lot of excitement that comes with making an international move: booking the flight, confirming the details of the program or job offer, and the thoughts of living in another part of the world. People spend time packing their bags, saying farewell to friends and family, and planning for their studies or new job. […]
Taking TOEFL: Registration, Preparation, Test Day, and Scores
I took TOEFL on February 18th. It was a multi-step process, and in this blog post I share the necessary steps and what my experience was like. Registering for TOEFL I registered for my test on January 4th, and I chose to take it at a test center here in Santiago. At that time the […]