During the summer of 2010,
I went to New York to obtain
certification to teach English
as a foreign language to non-native
speakers. It was a journey taken to
escape the perils of graduating
without full-time employment
and seemed like an exceptional
method means of traveling the globe.
Training was more intense than I had
anticipated but monstrous signs on
buildings were the perfect anecdote
for my allergic reaction to the monotony
of elucidating meaning, function and
pronunciation of target language.