Cross your fingers!!!

[Mael Coluim]

Wonderful news, TKW! If you don't mind so sage advice, "keep your power dry!" I went to school (VCU/MCV) and lived for about 5 years in Richmond. I loved it! But it sounds like the insurance job is just a pay check and that can be alright!

If Rosetta Stone offers you more of lucrative positon go for it. I've had some time in the valley and life there is good. Your have life by the horns and you may be to young to remember the Nissan commerial that said, 'Enjoy the ride!' That is worth remembering!

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

Loyalty is a two-way street. Don't feel that you are in any way obligated to the insurance company beyond doing yur best for them when on their clock. They would let you go in a heart beat if it was in their best interest to do so, and they've as much as said so in their terms of employemnt offer.

Besides, if you take the RS offer in H'burg you'll be that much closer for kilt nights here in the Shenandoah Valley.

[Galician]

Best of luck to you! You'll probably not be as active on here as you currently are, and I want to be the first to say that we miss you already!

[CactusJack]

Once I pay off Ye Olde Studentte Loannes!

So, I got the job translating insurance claims! I start Monday and it's fulltime. But there's no job security. I can quit at any time for any reason; no need to give my two weeks notice. However the company reserves the same right. I wouldn't expect them to find any reason to fire me, but I'm continuing through the rather lengthy Rosetta Stone interview, since I could switch jobs without having to feel bad for ditching the insurance company.

I had a good phone interview with R.S. today (so scary, I felt like I was rambling and I couldn't read anyones face to see how I was doing) and they later called to set up an in-person interview (this application process started in early November), but of course I'll be working fulltime next week. So I'll have to try and beg time off. An excellent start

I like the idea of working in Richmond for that company and I don't like jumping between jobs, but I'm afraid of saying no to Rosetta Stone and then being downsized or let go with no notice!
Anyway, I just wanted to give a small update and let off some of this nervous energy

That is wonderful news TKW, All the best to you..

[McMathTX]

Good luck with that! Does Rosetta Stone have a gaelic course?

McMath, I was about to say yeah, of course. But I didn't see Scottish or Irish Gaelic on their website. They do have Welsh though, oddly enough.

Well, I hope you get the RS job, and when you do, you develop a gaelic course.

Dean

[TheKiltedWonder]

Thanks all! And don't worry -- you won't be able to get rid of me that easily!

As for a Gaelic course, I do know that they are trying to expand their model of language teaching to more languages. I might drop a few hints...

[Galician]

Glad to hear that you won't be lost to us! Btw, will you need to move after all or not?

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

Part of the problem with designing a Gaelic course would be overcoming the hurdle of which dialect to teach. Scots gaelic or Irish? If Irish, do you favour Donegal Irish, Kerry Irish, Meath Irish, or Dublin Irish? And jeasus don't forget Cork! And if you think people get partisan about kilts, wait until they start trying to learn Irish (oops! sorry-- Gaelic).

See you for a drink in a couple of weeks-- Scott

[TheKiltedWonder]

Part of the problem with designing a Gaelic course would be overcoming the hurdle of which dialect to teach. Scots gaelic or Irish? If Irish, do you favour Donegal Irish, Kerry Irish, Meath Irish, or Dublin Irish? And jeasus don't forget Cork! And if you think people get partisan about kilts, wait until they start trying to learn Irish (oops! sorry-- Gaelic).

See you for a drink in a couple of weeks-- Scott

It's always tough to choose which language to teach. Even if there's a standard language, there will generally be plenty of people who rarely speak it and prefer their own dialect outside of very formal situations. But they could always try the approach of German books, where they teach the most common version and then they introduce small characters from Switzerland, Austria or Berlin to add in some dialectal flavor.