Well, I just got a call from Rick. He’s at JFK Airport waiting to meet the folks from WorldTeach. They will have a brief meeting at 8:30 or 9:00 and then prepare to board their planes to wherever they might be going. His flight to Georgetown, Guyana is scheduled for departure around 1 AM.
We did a little running around this morning taking care of some last minute business before his mother drove him into JFK (about a five hour ride). She’ll stay with her mother tonight and drive back to the Aerie tomorrow morning.
I’m always amazed at the choices Rick makes. He chose to join the Marine Reserves out of high school instead of going through ROTC while in college. Yeah, it cost him some time—one year to basic and MOS training and then another to his deployment to Iraq—but it more than paid for his education and, as a result, he’s got himself a nice little nest egg that he has invested and that is growing quite well, thank you. He finished at the University of Idaho in six years despite the two that were spent with the Marines. He chose to work with the inner city yout’ of Baltimore instead of in the forests of the Northwest or New England and has offers from Baltimore for full time employment when he comes back—if he wants it. He’s looking at internships for forest studies and/or arboretums as a possibility. But the big question will be: “Where?” Or will he come back with new ideas and want to pursue a teaching career? Right now the world is his oyster and his options are unlimited.
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