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Guest post written by my buddy Aldo Mays

I wasnâ??t expecting or even looking for a job offer. However, one came in and it would involve me moving to Houston, Texas. It came along with a significant increase in salary and better benefits, so I would be a fool to turn it down. I do have family in Texas, but I hadnâ??t spent that much time with them. I did, however, know that they would be willing to give me any advice I needed on which neighborhoods to live in and which to avoid. Ever since I had bought my first home, I decided that was the way to go. Worst-case scenario, you hire a property management company and rent if you canâ??t sell, should you have to move. I just refused to throw away money on rent. Despite my familyâ??s input, I still planned to have adt houston install a security system so I would feel safer in this new city. I had never lived in a city as large as Houston, but was looking forward to the new adventures and opportunities that it had to offer.

While I’m always talking about the cheap eyeglasses you can find at Zenni Optical, I find myself always coming back to the topic as I’m offered a chance to write about them. It’s not that I’m only writing about them because I’ve been offered to sponsor them, as I rarely write about things I don’t actually believe in, but somehow I find myself coming back to this topic more than any other.

My eyes, as some of you might know, are complete crap of late– especially the left one. It feels as if I could just get some glasses things would be better, and even though I can’t afford lenses right now, I think I’ve finally settled on a set of frames from Zenni that’ll work for me.

They’re only $6.95, so even I can afford that. I just need to get the right prescription and see about ordering them at some point. Affordable, no? I have them saved in my favourites (another useful feature so you can come back later and sift through the frames you liked and find a pair that really suits you, or even sit with a loved one and have them help you choose.)

Hopefully I’ll be able to get this all squared away soon, but even if I don’t, it’s not a sale, and I can always come back to Zenni’s amazing prices whenever I need to.

This post is sponsored, but all opinions and thoughts are my own.

It’s odd to be offered an opportunity to write about a teaching fellowship, as my boyfriend has this ideal that one day he’ll be a teacher. I think he said he wanted to teach History somewhere, because the subject fascinates him, but I’m not sure if he’d end up with the drive that you need to be granted the teacher fellowship by the Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, even if he were in the right field. As much as I believe in his want to accomplish his dreams, there are an elite few willing to go after them in that degree.

While it’s nothing out of the ordinary or even too much to ask of someone, it still creates a need for that person to have the drive to succeed and really work at what they’re trying to accomplish. The qualifications are diverse and somewhat specific, such as the need for a major (or strong background) in the STEM field (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics), as well as the need for a bachelor’s degree (or a degree to be obtained before June 30, 2012) from an accredited school, and a greater than 3.0 GPA. While these things seem kind of mediocre, it takes a kind of dedication that only someone in love with the STEM field of teaching could actually find themselves striving for, and I hope that some people are.

The Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellowship is a highly selective program which seeks to recruit, prepare and retain effective teachers for the students and schools who need them most. It is open to high achieving individualsâ??college seniors, recent graduates, and career changersâ??with undergraduate degrees in the arts and sciences. For the 2010 Fellowship competition, more than 7,000 inquiries were received, generating a total of 505 applications for 80 Fellowships awarded.

As you can see, the competition is tight and the positions are relatively few, but it’s a wonderful fellowship and has massive amounts of support, and if you’re willing to show dedication to the project and its goals, then maybe it’d be the one for you in the long run.

It’s a bit funny since I’ve considered trying to get certified as a pharmacy technician– I think honestly it’s something I could do that wouldn’t drive me up the wall.

http://www.pharmacy-technician.net/employment-outlook

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