Hello! I’m looking at applying to ETA programs this upcoming cycle and I’m curious to see what is considered prior teaching experience. I’m a rising senior, and I have a few years of different tutoring experience in English (working as a university writing center consultant, researching and presenting research on writing theory, private tutoring, volunteer English tutoring online) and I assistant-taught a high school summer program for 2 summers (4 weeks total) with classrooms of 15-20 kids. In both my tutoring roles and my summer program I have taught ESL students. However, I am not an education major (I am an English major), and I don’t have a TESOL. Would this be competitive for an ETA, or are countries that consider teaching experience an advantage moreso looking for people who have been teachers at schools or grad students who’ve taught? I appreciate any insight!
And they said my French minor was useless… I felt so stoked to recognize œuvres!!!
Thank you so much for this! I have connected w my school’s Fulbright advisor, so I am definitely ready to begin my next steps in applying. :)
Noise cancelling headphones. Bring my own stuffed animal and use it as a pillow.
Yes to everything else everybody is saying, I’ll just add: I’ve made some of my most-complimented meals in an air fryer — things like eggplant parm, frittatas, or even breaded tilapia. Air fryers rule for meals for 2 with quick cleanup!
What’s great is as a beginner, there’s lots of pre-mixed spices. A good way to start is stocking your spice cabinet with the absolute essentials, and then add a few pre blended spice blends to make your life easier.
For me, the most essential spices besides salt and pepper are: garlic powder (used on anything), onion powder (used on anything), italian seasoning (can be used on meat, fish, potatoes — pretty much anything. it’s a blend of dried herbs), cumin (used in tacos, Mexican cuisine, some Indian cuisine), cinnamon (good for oatmeal, desserts, even chili!), and paprika (use on anything). Many recipes call for some combination of these basic spices. These can flavor anything.
Once you start with a good foundation, then you can buy some spice blends to experiment with.
For chicken: I love Kick’n chick’n seasoning. People ask me what seasoning i use all the time. A seasoning like this is a mix of other seasonings, all of which are on the label.
For fish: I enjoy using lemon pepper blends for fish. You can also do lemon pepper with chicken!
For steak: I like Montreal steak seasoning.
For ground beef for taco meat: use a 99 cent pack of mild taco seasoning from the grocery or mix onion powder, garlic powder, salt, pepper, chili powder, and go heavy on the cumin
For pork: I cook pulled pork roast in the crock pot with liquid smoke (1 tbsp), paprika, onion powder, garlic powder, and a baby amount of salt.
For vegetables: I sautee in olive oil and add a little salt and pepper, unless it’s something like potatoes or zucchini, where I’ll add Italian seasoning.
Some other fun spices: everything bagel seasoning tastes FANTASTIC on, well, everything, but specifically I have it on eggs. I also recommend getting some oils and sauces, as these also play a key role in flavor. “Finishing oils” like sesame oil tastes awesome in many Asian dishes, and even Italian salad dressing can be used for marinating chicken.
Other key things to know about flavor: holy trinities. Mirapoix is a fancy French word, but basically refers to onions, carrots, and celery diced and cooked in butter/oil. This blend is often the base of many soups and provides aromatics, which flavor a TON without spices. The Cajun (Louisiana cuisine) holy trinity has bell pepper in it, some other regional cuisines use tomato, but it is good to know that sauteeing onion is a great starter source for flavoring recipes.
What’s great about salmon is you can keep it real basic. I oven bake mine and all i do is put lemon pepper, salt, slices of lemon, garlic powder, and some butter. If you find it’s getting too salty, perhaps you might enjoy leaning into flavoring it more lemony.
You can get a mini microwave oven at Walmart for $10. No idea the quality, but $10 might be worth the gamble so you can do some microwave meals. You can make scrambled eggs, bacon, pasta, baked potatoes, soups, etc. all in just the microwave. This can really increase the possibilities of things you can cook.
I also SUPER recommend the YouTube Channel Dollar Tree Dinners. She makes budget videos and has episodes specifically with meal ideas for people without access to a microwave and kitchen. I know one healthy meal idea she does is banana peanut butter roll-ups in a tortilla. A lot of people are suggesting sandwiches/wraps (i agree), I’ll also suggest you can get those pre-made salad kids at places like Aldi. They are usually around $2 each where I live and often have cooked chicken and other things like that to bulk up the nutrition content.
I’m 100% gonna try something like this. Thank you, OP!
If I said HYPSM at my high school, nobody would have had a clue what i was referring to. Different school context probably
Haha i clocked somebody this way too.
I named my mom’s friend’s kid when i was little. She was over at my house with my mom looking for name suggestions and somehow child me just suggested Gwyneth out of the blue. Ended up being the baby’s name.
I recommend Lime Bubly. I find it is the sparkling drink that tastes closest to a soda for me, and the lime flavor is just right. I drink a case a week!
Yup. Realizing i loved carbonation more than i liked sodas was huge. I drink pure la croix now no flavoring and all my friends think its crazy, but at least im not getting any of the sugar.
This OP ^ nobody will think anything of it if you got a mask.
Athletes have incredibly busy schedules. As a student who works two jobs, i know athletes are still doing more work than me per week. I didn’t quite realize this until i started tutoring some. Anyways, the way they still succeed is 1) the discipline that allows them to be a successful athlete can carry into their schoolwork, but mostly 2) there are tutoring services through the athletic depts that can help athletes. Another key thing is many athletes of smaller sports aren’t at places on full rides and will not be going pro, so they definitely need to succeed in school.
It’s less about your major and more about knowing how your major gives you transferable skills. Source: am a double major in humanities/social sciences, wanted to develop my writing skills to land a career where I can use writing as my main job. Working well so far.
Currently at a state school. Took the state school offer over an Ivy and over Duke and I am so happy with my choice. Enjoy the next four years!
If they’re crisp enough, they can be out of this world. I do agree it’s easier to find a good regular potato fry than to have a good sweet potato fry.
Would you rather an AI read every application, and its implicit biases guide who gets in and who doesn’t?
Everything has a degree of bias. I don’t know how there’s a better way to do it, we just gotta keep mitigating human bias where we can.
What about a cowboy caviar type thing or like a cold corn salsa with chips?
Congrats Caleb!
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