When I was three, I knew what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wanted to be a doctor, then I learned I didn’t like needles. But, when I was five, I definitely knew what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wanted to be a dancer, and then, very painfully, I learned I have no control of my flailing body. But everything changed when I was 7, I knew what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wanted to be and ice skater, then I realized, I have never even been on the ice before and I really hate being cold. So, when I finally made it to 10 years old I knew it! I knew what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wanted to be a mathematician. I love numbers. I love crunching numbers. I love applying numbers and equations to the real world. It just made sense. But then, as a 10 year old does, I changed my mind and didn’t want to be a mathematician.
The cycle just continued I’d have an epiphany, it would last about 3 months and then I’d get tired of it. Flash forward to high school graduation. I still didn’t know what I wanted to be when I grew up since I changed my mind every 3 month. So I packed my bags and moved to China to teach English. I fell in love with teaching, the Chinese culture, the Chinese language, and really the Chinese people. China had stolen my heart completely.
So I came back to the U.S. and started college, still confused as my major was declared Mechanical Engineering at the time with an emphasis in Biomedical technology. I loved it, like I said before, I love crunching numbers. This allowed me to do that and really to let my creativity take flight. But like all of my other life plans, I got bored of it. I switched my major 5 more times, left the country every off semester to teach English, and then my university insisted that I had too many credits (Despite still planning to graduate in 4 years). They informed me that I was required to keep my declared major. This was Mathematics Education with a Chinese Education minor. I can’t say I was thrilled to keep this because I still wanted to switch back into Mechanical Engineering. However, I sucked it up and pushed forward.
At the end of my Junior year, my now-husband proposed to me! Everything seemed to be perfect! We spent our entire engagement (Except 2.5 weeks) long distance as I was in Thailand teaching English. The wedding came, it was perfect. We moved back up to the college town to finish up schooling, and lo and behold, there were no jobs anywhere. My husband and I had a very meager savings which was mainly spent on major car repairs, our honeymoon, and our housing deposit. We were getting pretty tight when neither of us could find jobs for 3 months. I was looking for Online English teaching positions but all of them required a degree, which I didn’t have. I stumbled across Magic Ears and a couple of other companies due to a wonderful company (Thank you Emmersion Learning!) and applied to all three. I was interviewed, taught demo and trial classes, and offered a contract by all three companies. It seemed to good to be true, my husband had just landed a job and I had three different options! To say I was ecstatic is an understatement!
Thinking on which company to choose, I kept going back to my interviewers. I didn’t like being treated like a machine who wasn’t capable of performing well. Magic Ears on the other hand was supportive and encouraging, they gave me immediate feedback both good and bad, they made me feel like I really could help this company grow and expand. They made me feel like I really was being accepted into a family. So the choice was easy. I messaged Magic Ears immediately and let them know I would sign the contract as I walked to class. And I did.
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