plans for the future

so with the whole bed and breakfast idea pretty much on hold for a long time, i really don't know what way to go after i graduate.

but i got to talking with my mom.... and when i look back over my life thus far i have been inspired and encouraged and supported by a lot of influential people.

what do they all have in common?

they're educators.

now don't get me wrong, i've contemplated teaching ever since i was in high school. I just didn't want to major in teaching in college.

next i wanted to keep in mind that i don't want to go to grad school for anthropology. i LOVE anthropology but not enough to want to go into the field, thus going to grad school for that wouldn't make sense.

but creative writing? I've been considering that all semester.

if i go with creative writing and get a masters degree in it, then i could be qualified to teach it at a high school level.

work at foodlion while i go to grad school.
work at foodlion while i also double as a substitute teacher until.....
i find a teaching position.

i could teach composition and creative writing.
I also want to coach tennis.

https://wallethub.com/edu/best-and-worst-states-for-teachers/7159/

http://www.selectsmart.com/states/stateresults.html

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Maryland
- rent is at its cheapest 1000$ - that worries me.
- tuition is fully funded

https://www.english.umd.edu/academics/creativewriting/mfa
https://www.english.umd.edu/academics/creativewriting/admissions/faq
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Wilmington, NC  - no. ("specialized fiction is not encouraged")
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Greensboro, NC
-cannot make any guarantees on funding.
http://mfagreensboro.org/the-program/
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NC State
They do not allow genre fiction. 

"All admitted applicants to our program with an undergraduate GPA of 3.0 or higher and who apply by the February 1 deadline are offered full funding in the form of a graduate teaching assistantship that includes full tuition coverage (excluding university fees), health insurance as university employees, and a living stipend for each of the program's two years." - yes please!!!
https://english.chass.ncsu.edu/graduate/mfa/
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Arizona state university
-has potential
https://english.clas.asu.edu/admission/graduate-admission/master-fine-arts-creative-writing
- can i specialize in gfenre fiction?
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Portland Oregon - maybe?
https://www.pdx.edu/creative-writing/mfa-course-of-study
- can i specialize in genre fiction?
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university of Virginia - #1 choice 
-free tuition and health insurance
- 20,000 dollars to live off of!? EACH SEMESTER??
- but can i specialize in genre fiction?.... no.
http://creativewriting.virginia.edu/about.html
- apartments: http://www.rent.com/virginia/charlottesville-apartments/cavalier-crossing-4-100034576
- http://www.rent.com/virginia/fishersville-apartments/cat-friendly_washer-dryer-in-unit_cheap

They do not allow fanatsy or sci fi... but maybe murder will be allowed?
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University of Iowa
https://writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/graduate-program/graduate-program
- offers lots of different financial aid
- specialize in genre fiction? -> YES
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 Online
- Charlotte, NC  --- seemed great but no financial aid!?
- http://www.albertus.edu/fine-arts/mfa/curriculum
- https://www.arcadia.edu/academics/programs/creative-writing-mfa --- really interested...-scottland

allows genre fiction:
-http://www.western.edu/academics/graduate/creative-writing/genre-fiction/course-sequence
-http://www.emerson.edu/writing-literature-publishing/mfa-popular-fiction-writing-publishing/admission-information
-https://www.setonhill.edu/academics/graduate-programs/writing-popular-fiction-mfa/
- http://usm.maine.edu/stonecoastmfa/overview
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