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Guy Courchesne · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City

Sorry Melee, I had to share this one...too funny.

http://beedogs.com/

aisha · Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 6:34 pm Post subject: bee dogs

They're so cute, except the middle one. He's too big and he just looks out of place. Maybe if he closed his mouth and made a sad face then he would look a bit better. Laughing

Samantha · Joined: 25 Oct 2003 Posts: 2038 Location: Mexican Riviera

PlayadelSoul · Joined: 29 Jun 2005 Posts: 346 Location: Playa del Carmen

God has blessed me with a wonderful life, and hard work has given me a lot of opportunities. Little gnats, like the one carrying on his backdoor PM campaign, aspire to have the same, but don't want to do the footwork. Instead, they try the brown nose route or try to knock down others, hoping to take their place.

Samantha, if you want to pursue it, I will help. My preference is to let it go, and chalk it up to another victory for mental illness.

Samantha · Joined: 25 Oct 2003 Posts: 2038 Location: Mexican Riviera

Dragonlady · Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 6:54 am Post subject:

deleted

unrelated to TESOL

ls650 · Joined: 10 May 2003 Posts: 3484 Location: British Columbia

cwc · Joined: 16 Nov 2005 Posts: 372

Samantha, being unhappy doesn�t preclude your going back. Playadelsoul does have legal problems and is so proud of it that he posts the fact. Mark, get off the drugs. Quit denying your addiction and get help. Big E

Guy Courchesne · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City

This useless thread gets my vote for deletion.

MELEE · Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 3:19 pm Post subject:

Guy Courchesne · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City

Ok...it has a redeeming quality.

How about dog themed birthday parties? Starting from 500 bones in Sacramento.

http://www.busybeedogs.com/birthdays.html

lozwich · Joined: 25 May 2003 Posts: 1536

I think the dog owners on this forum who are also digital camera owners (hello Melee and Guy!!) should make their own dogs dressed as bees contributions! Laughing

Or, to keep it Mexican flavoured... dogs dressed as mariachis!

MELEE · Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 6:21 pm Post subject:

Jokes aside, I think the original topic is useful, maybe I didn't answer it in the best way, though at this point I have no plans to go back.

But my husband and I were talking the other day about it, he's planning on starting his PhD next year, and might go abroad for it, the countries being tossed around include the US, Canada, Spain, England, Russia, Cuba. These are countries his MA profs have connections with so that's what makes them options. His English level is pretty high, so that opens us the US, Canada, and England. Of those, the US would be the best, because while he wil get a scholarship from the Mexican gov, it wouldn't be enough to support the four of us, so I'd still have to work, and in the US that wouldn't be a problem, as I'm a citizen. But what would I do? I could teach ESL or Spanish at highschool, except I don't have a state teaching license, but some states are desparate for teachers and temprorily waive the requirement right? Or I could try to find something else that requires Spanish speakers, as on some days, I actually speak Spanish better than English! I'd love to work on an MA in pure linguistics myself, but I'm adverse to debt, so I think I'd rather wait until husband is finished studying.

aroha · Joined: 08 Oct 2004 Posts: 66 Location: Mexico

Hi Melee, I'm in a similar financial situation where my partner is studying and I was trying to figure out whether I could start my Masters degree or not. However I dont have the added time constraint of looking after little'uns!

Then during the school holidays last year I met a woman who is now working on her PHd. I told her that I really wanted to start a Masters but financially it was difficult. She told me something, that if you really want to do it, just start with one paper and you will find the money somehow, either through a scholarship, grant or personal loan! So I took her advice and I'm starting this February! Why wait? Good luck Smile

FreddyM · Joined: 05 Jan 2006 Posts: 180 Location: Mexico

Hi Melee,

One of your comments struck me as interesting, about your husband starting a PhD and the Mexican government paying for his (out of country) studies. Part of the reason I am in Mexico is to explore the possibility of doing a PhD as well. I am actually a Mexican citizen, although I grew up in the U.S., and have a bachelor's and Master's from there.
I've looked into the possibility of enrolling at UNAM, because of no tuition charges (so I hear), but...if the Mexican government is funding external studies as well for its citizens, hmm.
Anyway, how exactly does all that work? I'm sort of out of options regarding getting funding in the U.S. My master's degree is basicaly a truncated PhD where I quit before finishing up, blowing the fellowship I had. It was many years ago regardless.

FM