Today is my last working from home!! This weekend I get to fly to Argentina and finally start observing and execute my plan. I have never been more excited it feels like I have been waiting for forever. I have been planning and working on my Work Experience plans since almost the beginning of Junior Year. Surely, experiences like this don’t come without an abundance of work, communication, and planning. Unfortunately, I didn’t plan for exactly what to do if a 24-hour transportation strike delayed my flight for 3 days.
There are so many things that go into flying abroad to work that I didn’t know before. For example, there is such a thing as ” Travel Insurance”. Due to the change of flight, I had to call the company and have them redo the policy to fit the new arrival and departure date. My parents wanted me to gain experience doing things like this since I will have to do it many times as an international teacher so I had to call the travel insurance company all on my own. They needed to know things like my social security and birth date. This process was all new to me because I didn’t even know what my social security # was until today. I guess that is what work experience is for, right?– Discovery!.
This experience at the airport will be much different. I have never gotten on a plane by myself. The change in dates means that I will be completely by myself on this flight. There will be no friendly Cary Academy students anxiously awaiting their time in a foreign country while I fly from RDU to Houston. The lack of presence will hopefully allow me to reflect and prepare myself for all the memories and experience that will come next. It just started to hit that I will be leaving home for a while and I won’t be able to watch novelas with my dad and mi abuela. However, the family and friends I have made and have in Argentina are looking forward to watching me take part in this amazing opportunity. It has been a year since I have seen most of them and I can’t wait. Wish me luck!
