Back in November I decided to apply for the Teaching Assistant Program in France (TAPIF) which is a program where the French government brings people from all over the world to be language assistants in their schools. The contracts are from October to April and the teaching assistants work for 12 hours a week and get paid about €790 per month, which is around $1,039. I first heard about the program over the summer but didn't think much of it because I wasn't sure what I wanted to do after graduation, but I submitted the application on January 9th, a few days before the deadline, knowing that I still didn't have any other ideas for next year.
So after months and months of waiting to hear back, I finally got the email on April 2nd finding out that I had been accepted! I will be an English teaching assistant at middle and/or high schools in the Nantes region, which is on the west coast of France. I won't find out where exactly I will be working until June or July, so I won't know where I will live until after that since it's rare that you are placed in the actual main cities of the region.
But do ya wanna know what's even more exciting? One of my best friends that I met when studying abroad last year is doing the program too! In the same region as me! So I won't be alone on my journey there. Still hard really believe that it is actually going to happen.
I am just so happy that I finally know what I will be doing next year. So when people ask me what I'll be doing or where I'll be after I graduate, I can actually give a definite answer.
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