By the way, I got offered a job yesterday, which I unfortunately couldn't take because I'm leaving at Christmas. Simon, the creative writing teacher, found out that I'm a linguistics major and started asking me about the various teachers I'd worked with at UU, etc. Then, in the break (Dutch classes are always 2 hours long with a 15-minute break in the middle), he told me that although British English was the 'standard' version of the language taught at UU, and that most of the students preferred to learn that, there were still always some who wanted to improve their American English, and that UU normally used a native speaker to help correct American pronunciation and help with fluency aspects. He said he thought I'd be great for it and would I like to do it? I immediately said yes, "but I don't have a work permit."
"Well, we could probably arrange--"
"Oh, and I'm only staying till Christmas."
"Oh. Well, that's a problem," because the UU block of classes doesn't end until February.
Damn. It would have been a great job. Would have looked good on a résumé - hello, graduate schools! - plus would have been nice to have some extra money. Oh well.