FYI

if you're familiar with me (family, friends), you probably know a few things. a while ago, i sent out a facebook message informing the general public that i was presented with the opportunities to study in morocco for the summer, and also to teach english in china next year. well, i have officially accepted both offers, and am in fact in morocco as i type.

why am i in morocco? primarily to study arabic, but also to have a little bit of fun, courtesy of the state department's pocket change. that's right, i am a participant in the department of state-funded critical language scholarship. this is a scholarship that sends undergrad and grad students around the world for the summer to study languages of particular interest to said department. i am in morocco, to study modern standard arabic. in case you've missed out a little on the last four years of my life, i've taken a particular fancy to studying languages. the pursuit of arabic has been somewhat troublesome because kalamazoo college does not have an arabic department. thus i have spent 3 out of 4 of my college-year summers studying arabic (this summer being the third).

by the way, i graduated. to my knowledge at least - i have not received any high-importance emails informing me that i must return next fall. however, i did miss commencement, so i do not physically posses my diploma at this moment in time.

i did not commence because this program started june 11, the day kalamazoo's finals finished. by june 14 (graduation day), i was already in a new country. the program will last 10 weeks. i will be home august 14 (or 15, i can't remember), and will promptly depart for china around the 20th.

it'll be a whirlwind, but i intend to keep updates consistently. more consistently than the egypt posts, i [almost] promise.



funny to think that i should still be measuring my life in ten-week increments. i thought i was leaving the quarter system behind...


salaam.