 I'm from a small town in Northern California. I studied English literature at Humboldt State University and I graduated in May of 2014. So I'm from a small town in Indiana. I studied film and television at Purdue University. I graduated with a bachelor's degree in May of 2014. I wanted to do Tuffel because I wanted to come to Prague and I wanted to make use of my English degree. I studied abroad in Sweden so I wanted to find a way to come back to Europe and fund my travels and find a way to live for one year or longer in another country so I could explore the culture a little more. I took my Tuffel course from Prague to Tuffel in July of 2014. I came to Prague in August of 2015. I teach a wide variety of students ranging from adults learning business English to small children. So my day usually begins at around 7 or 8 in the morning. I'll wake up, get ready as fast as I can and then I'll jump on the metro to go all the way across the city to teach at a big corporate company. Initially I was intimidated by teaching in a corporate atmosphere because I'm not the most formal person growing up in Indiana but the atmosphere in the Czech Republic is a lot more relaxed. I teach private lessons with adults. I teach from the textbook if that's what they would like or conversation lessons. It depends on what the student prefers. I like learning about Czech culture from my students and Czech history. It's different than learning about it from the internet because it's a different way of connecting with the locals. So in the afternoon I teach classes of children. It's a bit more exciting. There's a lot more energy and you get to sing, you get to dance, you get to move around the classroom and you get to play games. At the end of the day Prague is a great city to explore and relax in. There's always a bunch of events and musical festivals you can go to. If you can't find anything that seems interesting it's always great to just go with some friends to a pub or a beer garden and sit outside. I also love having the Tefl certificate because anytime in the future I feel like I need something new and fresh in my life. I can move to any country I want. I can have a job and I can have a way to pay for my life, pay for my living. And it's a nice security blanket to have just like in your back pocket for whenever you need it. When I first moved to Prague I initially planned to stay for one month just for the Tefl program. But it was really wonderful school and it's a really beautiful place. So I ended up staying now for two years and when I go home this is what I plan to study with my graduate program. So it was a completely life-changing decision and I'm really really glad that I did it.