Bruce's Journal

[Latestarter]

Bruce, Is there any reason she's only looking at Canadian schools? I mean I expect she's going to need to board at whatever school she chooses simply because of where you're located. Why not consider a school in Japan that teaches Spanish and ESL? Or Spain and a school that teaches Japanese and ESL? I mean immersion would pretty much guarantee she'd get that country's language down pat. Glad you're having a good trip so far.

 

[Bruce]

Don't know about Japanese schools. I doubt she would be able to get a degree in both Japanese and Spanish though.
Why Canada? Nice schools, cheaper. Mt. A would be $25K a year USD including housing, meals and medical, UVM (if they have the programs) would be $31K, no medical insurance. Since she is 25 now, she'll be tossed of DW's insurance in March so more money for that. I really don't understand why they give a rat's patootie if related people are all on the same insurance ... other than greed, they can charge more for the family -1 and a single.

 

[greybeard]

ESL....Sounds like one of those things where the only employment opportunity out there is teaching other people the same thing you were taught?
(my niece's husband is like that......went to college for years and years and years, riding the govt loans or grants till the $$$ ran out, and ended up with a degree in marine biology so specialized, the only job he could get was teaching the same thing to others.. )

Is there a chance in hades, that some college would start a degree program, qualifying the graduate to teach foreigners English as a 1st language? (probably won't be any liberal arts institution that ever does it)

I sometimes wonder, that if I press 2 for Spanish, I'll eventually get someone on the other end that speaks better English than the person on the 1 line, or at least does it without an Asian or Mideast accent.

 

[Bruce]

I think the ESL thing is a teaching certificate sort of thing. And you really couldn't teach foreigners English as a first language since they already are already fluent in one (or more) other languages

 

[greybeard]

I think the ESL thing is a teaching certificate sort of thing. And you really couldn't teach foreigners English as a first language since they already are already fluent in one (or more) other languages

No, but their children can be taught it as a first language, and that is NOT what has been happening in this country for the last couple 3 decades.

 

[RollingAcres]

Went to see St. Mary's in Halifax today

DD has written it off.

So is DD picking Mt A. U or she will keep looking? When does she start college?

 

[Bruce]

She is going to apply to Mt. A. and will look at others if they don't want her. I see in my USPS "Informed Delivery Daily Digest" that she is getting a post card today from the senior that gave the tour. Definitely feels like "small college service". Kind of like what my wife does as the clerk in a small PO compared to the big ones. She's hoping to start in the January session which means not much lead time to get a visa for educational residence. Not sure about that process but she'll figure it out.

 

[RollingAcres]

She is going to apply to Mt. A. and will look at others if they don't want her. I see in my USPS "Informed Delivery Daily Digest" that she is getting a post card today from the senior that gave the tour. Definitely feels like "small college service". Kind of like what my wife does as the clerk in a small PO compared to the big ones. She's hoping to start in the January session which means not much lead time to get a visa for educational residence. Not sure about that process but she'll figure it out.

That was nice that the senior sent her a postcard. It such makes you/her feel welcome.
Right, not much lead time left. Maybe the student visa process for Canada won't take as long as the visa process for the US.

 

[Bruce]

Didn't get much done on the pond while I was traveling to Canada
Dug with the backhoe Saturday for hours. Slow, one 16" bucket at a time, dig out, put to the side dig, put to the side. Sunday we went to a family gathering, no pond work. Yesterday I moved the stuff I dug out Saturday, for hours. Slow, one 16" bucket at a time, pick it up, move it ~18', pick it up, move it ~18'. When I finished that yesterday afternoon I decided to see if I could get the tractor down into the dug area and move with the loader. YES! Only 2 buckets as a test, pictures taken before I started this afternoon.


Today after a whole 2 hours of work. Fall is coming look at those shadows and it was only 5 PM!

 

[Wehner Homestead]

Making progress!