"It just so happens that your friend here is only MOSTLY dead."

ah, i love princess bride. so this "friend" actually turns out to be the teaching degree that i was looking into. i had basically given up on the idea b/c the deadline was six days ago and i needed to have the Illinois Basic Skills Assessment Test before the deadline (which i hadn't).

so what did miracle max do for me? well, miracle max was really tony from my rapid prototyping and evaluation class. he informed me about this program called RECRUIT--Recruiting, Educating, Certifying, and Retaining Underrepresented Populations In Teaching Science and Mathematics. i'm excited about applying, but i think that the slots might be limited. another thing that's exciting is that my CS degrees can be used to help me get into the program, so i feel like it's less of a "i'm throwing away my education" type feeling.

and my mostly dead friend, motivation-for-my-thesis, is coming back alive. i'm going to just push forth and stop being a scaredy cat. if i fall, i fall. i'll just have to pick myself up and keep trucking.