Update

As a means of updating the internet world on my future activities - which I know you have been dying to hear about - I will be staying in Spain next year. I am going to get a Masters at the University of Málaga in education. There are two programs I am applying for: one dealing with innovation in education, and the other which is essentially a teaching certificate for people who already have university degrees.

Why am I staying? Let me count the ways...

I love my life here and am not about to give that up, not over my dead body.

I want to go back to school. I've been out for three years now and am ready to get back into it. I was burned out after University, between working, finishing two majors, internships, non-stop writing of articles, etc.etc. but now I feel like I'm ready to tackle a Masters.

It's cheap to get a Masters here. Even with the government threatening to up tuition by as much as 50 percent, the cost of a Masters here is a fraction of the cost of getting one in the US. If you are planning on staying in Europe, it's also a better choice as the degree is recognized throughout the EU, something not necessarily true with a US degree.

I am excited about a change in field. I finished University with a degree in journalism and Latin American Studies and nil job opportunities. Education is something I kind of actually am good at. Auxiliaring can be a string of never-ending frustrations, but an auxiliar is to a teacher as a babysitter is to a parent: none of the responsibility but also none of the joy that comes from a job well done. I think I will do well either in a classroom or in the Ministry of Education.

Unrelated photo of parental units in Conil de la Frontera, Cádiz.

Did I mention I'm pig-in-shit, cloud-9 happy here?

So that's it, dwindling readership. Please leave comments if you have any suggestions or comments about Masters in Spain, especially if you are American and have done one and can hold my hand through the bureaucracy.