Who has the better film program; Montana State or New Mexico State?
I want to go into film making and have offers from Montana State and New Mexico State film programs. I'm still a long way away from getting student loans and such, but when it comes down to it, which school should I go to for the better film education and placement after college? Any suggestions? PS. I did not get into USC or UCLA I'm afraid, they both rejected me, so question is which is better of these two, not which overall film school I should be looking at.
Higher Education (University +) - 1 Answers
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Better??? What are you talking about? ALL film school graduates are likely to be complete failures in the Film Industry. They end up sleeping on the streets of Hollywood in cardboard boxes, until they finally give up and start working for Taco Bell. Choose something adult and responsible to study so that you don't waste your parents' money and end up a parasite. ADDED This answer was removed due to False Reporting, but was restored by Y!A on Appeal.
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Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
I want to know what requirments are neccesary for teaching english in mexico?
I want to know what requirments are neccesary for teaching english in mexico?
I want to teach english in mexico I would love to hear from someone who lived there as either a teacher or was a student any info would be helpful thanks
Mazatlan - 2 Answers
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The first thing to do is find a school that wants you and will communicate via email. The link below is a good start. http://www.teachabroad.com/Mexico.cfm They should be willing to set you up with a work visa/permit but usually that is done after you arrive on a tourist visa. A number of schools don't care much about being legal ... and they think they can pay less if you are not. Be careful in that department Keep looking and talking to people, try the Thorntree forum on Lonely Planet and especially try the Dave's ESL Cafe http://www.eslcafe.com/
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i did. first, i began looking for schools on the internet. i found several interested in me, so i set up some interview dates. i went down to mexico and interviewed, and they offered me the jobs. i chose the one i liked the most, and that school began the process of aquiring a work visa for me. i paid for the visa, but they had to make the request, and they also completed all of the paperwork and provided the lawyer. i just showed up with the money for the visa. (all in total, i think it was less than 300 USD) i worked a university, starting at 9 USD an hour, plus benefits, for 25 hrs a week of work, which i survived on just fine for my meager living. at the second semester, i requested a raise, since i had proven myself to be a good teacher, and i was given 18 USD an hour. i knew they wouldn't want to lose me, but i also knew they couldn't keep up with that rate of pay for long, and i was only going to finish out the year. i think if they knew i was staying longer, they would have offered less. i would say 12-15 is competitive in a small university, private or course. and in a big city such as guadalajara or mexico city...you should go for 20-30 USD. the catch is that i have a master's degree in teaching english, which justified my pay, and allowed me to work at a university. if you have a bachelor's in english, with teaching experience...maybe you could also be an instructor at a university, but i'm not sure. if you don't have a degree that goes with teaching...i guess you could work at a language school...but this kind of work is often done without a visa (illegally) and there are no benefits, the pay is around 7-9 USD an hour, the hours flux, and you may not get paid at all sometimes because you don't have any legal basis to fight if you don't! the toughest places to get jobs are the "american schools." these schools require the same, if not more experience, than a high school or middle school in the US. the clients to these schools are often wealthy, and they demand the most experienced teachers.
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I want to teach english in mexico I would love to hear from someone who lived there as either a teacher or was a student any info would be helpful thanks
Mazatlan - 2 Answers
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The first thing to do is find a school that wants you and will communicate via email. The link below is a good start. http://www.teachabroad.com/Mexico.cfm They should be willing to set you up with a work visa/permit but usually that is done after you arrive on a tourist visa. A number of schools don't care much about being legal ... and they think they can pay less if you are not. Be careful in that department Keep looking and talking to people, try the Thorntree forum on Lonely Planet and especially try the Dave's ESL Cafe http://www.eslcafe.com/
2 :
i did. first, i began looking for schools on the internet. i found several interested in me, so i set up some interview dates. i went down to mexico and interviewed, and they offered me the jobs. i chose the one i liked the most, and that school began the process of aquiring a work visa for me. i paid for the visa, but they had to make the request, and they also completed all of the paperwork and provided the lawyer. i just showed up with the money for the visa. (all in total, i think it was less than 300 USD) i worked a university, starting at 9 USD an hour, plus benefits, for 25 hrs a week of work, which i survived on just fine for my meager living. at the second semester, i requested a raise, since i had proven myself to be a good teacher, and i was given 18 USD an hour. i knew they wouldn't want to lose me, but i also knew they couldn't keep up with that rate of pay for long, and i was only going to finish out the year. i think if they knew i was staying longer, they would have offered less. i would say 12-15 is competitive in a small university, private or course. and in a big city such as guadalajara or mexico city...you should go for 20-30 USD. the catch is that i have a master's degree in teaching english, which justified my pay, and allowed me to work at a university. if you have a bachelor's in english, with teaching experience...maybe you could also be an instructor at a university, but i'm not sure. if you don't have a degree that goes with teaching...i guess you could work at a language school...but this kind of work is often done without a visa (illegally) and there are no benefits, the pay is around 7-9 USD an hour, the hours flux, and you may not get paid at all sometimes because you don't have any legal basis to fight if you don't! the toughest places to get jobs are the "american schools." these schools require the same, if not more experience, than a high school or middle school in the US. the clients to these schools are often wealthy, and they demand the most experienced teachers.
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Wednesday, August 7, 2013
How can I go to Mexico, visa?
How can I go to Mexico, visa?
I am an International student from Russia in the U.S and I need a visa to go to Mexico in spring break driving. Is there any way I can get a visa at the border or somehow?
Other - Mexico - 3 Answers
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call a travel agent they will help. ALSO. they are saying DO NOT go to mexico right now, the crimes are horrible and they said spring breakers need to stay out of mexico right now... i went this past summer and it was getting bad then.. GOOD LUCK! :)
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I wouldn't go to Mexico right now, they are having drug wars and it is very dangerous. They have sent out a warning to college students not to go to Mexico over spring break because it is to dangerous. They are averaging 10 kidnappings a day in Mexico and its border towns.
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As a Russian citizen, you cannot get a visa at the border. You must apply at the nearest Mexican consulate. See 1st site to verify that you must apply for a visa. See 2nd site for list of consulates.
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I am an International student from Russia in the U.S and I need a visa to go to Mexico in spring break driving. Is there any way I can get a visa at the border or somehow?
Other - Mexico - 3 Answers
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call a travel agent they will help. ALSO. they are saying DO NOT go to mexico right now, the crimes are horrible and they said spring breakers need to stay out of mexico right now... i went this past summer and it was getting bad then.. GOOD LUCK! :)
2 :
I wouldn't go to Mexico right now, they are having drug wars and it is very dangerous. They have sent out a warning to college students not to go to Mexico over spring break because it is to dangerous. They are averaging 10 kidnappings a day in Mexico and its border towns.
3 :
As a Russian citizen, you cannot get a visa at the border. You must apply at the nearest Mexican consulate. See 1st site to verify that you must apply for a visa. See 2nd site for list of consulates.
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Thursday, August 1, 2013
How dangerous is Mexico City?
How dangerous is Mexico City?
Me and some friends are planning to move to mexico city for a year after we graduate college. None of us have ever lived in mexico. I speak a little spanish, and I'm not worried about finding a job, but is there a possibility that I'm going to get mugged or beheaded or something? Where is the best place to live in the D.F. for a student?
Mexico City - 7 Answers
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Is there a chance you'll get mugged or beheaded or something? Sure. Just like there is a chance of you getting mugged in your hometown or gunned down by drug dealers in the nearest American big city you can name. Mexico City is a HUGE place....bigger than New York City by a large margin. Just like you wouldn't walk through unknown neighborhoods in Harlem late at night while wearing gold jewelry and expensive cameras, you shouldn't do it in Mexico City. If you're the least bit street savvy though and use common sense you will be just fine and have a blast (I sure do). For a student, I'd pick a place to live close to the university (which one is it? UNAM? Spectacular campus if it is....) If you're looking for places in the heart of the city, there's some pretty cool places around Col. Roma at often affordably reasonable rents. Have fun!
2 :
You can get mugged or beheaded anywhere just look at the greyhound in Alberta. The guy got his head cut off on the bus full of people while driving down the road.
3 :
I you go to the bad areas, of course is very dangerous, that's why you need to know what areas you need to go. but I would recomend you before you go to be more fluent in spanish. if you need more help, e-mail me.
4 :
The same as new york city
5 :
just travel i groups because i heard aboit the killings in mexcio city they killed 7 or 8 police near the freeway but by then it should be calmk down by then
6 :
i live in mexico city and i was living in chicago last year... i can tell you it's the same, you just have to be careful about "fake friends" here in mexico city, there's a bunch of nice areas you can live at, about getting a job, you can always try for english schools, some companies pay to pratice and get an "american accent" up to 20 usd per hour/class. if you need any more info, let me know... good luck
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Like some people said you can get mugged anywhere. If you look for the top 10 most dangerous cities Mexico City is not one of them, if you look for top ten most dangerous countries Mexico is not one of them, we have more dangerous places in US than Mexico. I lived in Miami for 5 years, LA for a year, New York, Baltimore Maryland, Washington DC for 8 years and in Mexico City from 2000 - 2005 and you know what Mexico City was very safe comparing to the other cities, people that visit to Mexico City have fear, more when is the first time, when you get there you'll see is totally different, we all have bad experiences but that does not mean that everyone is going to have the same experience or think that this place is dangerous, some time is just bad luck. Mexico City is huge, is the largest city in the world (territory), also the largest metropolitan area in the world, around 23,000 million people live there now, this is the third largest city (population) so when you do an estimate of crime rate / incidents per 100,000 the percentage is nothing compare to cities in the US or any other country. Most of the killing that you watch in the news is on the Mexican border, drug dealers killing each other, or drug dealers killing police officers, agents that had something to do with them. Mexico City is changing very quick, you'll see a lot of police officers in the neighborhoods, visitors and downtown area, I'm not saying that is not dangerous, but not as a lot of people think. Te most commune experience is someone asking you for cash or maybe trying to get your wallet in a bus or metro is rare but can happen or maybe stilling something from your car. I was in Mexico City about a month ago, the city is beautiful and big, I drove from Texas all the way there and no problems. So don't be afraid, go there and learn for your self, I'm sure you will be just fine and you always want to go back, you'll see. There are very nice areas, a lot of restaurants, malls, bars, and other very nice places. I'm planning on moving to Mexico City too very soon. So if you need any help after I move down just contact me. Suggestions avoid bad areas, specialty during the late night hours, practice your Spanish, make good friends there, get to know the areas. Learn emergency numbers, always take an ID with you, (not passport) do not bring a lot of cash with you, bring what you are going to need for the moment there is always a ATM machine near by. Do not carry laptops or expensive cameras at night. Do not leave anything in the car that is visible. Make copies of your documents ID's, passport, DL, credit cards and live them in a safe place. There are a lot of good places to live, I lived in Polanco for many years this is a very nice neighborhood, group of students or teachers rent an apartment and they all share the rent and utilities so they can live in a nice neighborhood. Col. Roma also is nice to live an affordable, Americans like to live by the US embassy or near by neighborhood, Colonia Condesa or Napoles are very nice too, you can walk anywhere in these areas. Coyoacan is another nice place a lot of students live in this areas you can rent an apartment with your friends for some months or you can always look for just a room, these are available for must of the students. By Division del Norte, Universidad, Copilco, to the South of the City is a very nice area too is a little far from downtown but is nice area. to the North out side the city line is Satelite another nice area. Like a said before if you need more information or pictures contact me an I will be glad to give you more information. Good Luck!!!!
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Me and some friends are planning to move to mexico city for a year after we graduate college. None of us have ever lived in mexico. I speak a little spanish, and I'm not worried about finding a job, but is there a possibility that I'm going to get mugged or beheaded or something? Where is the best place to live in the D.F. for a student?
Mexico City - 7 Answers
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1 :
Is there a chance you'll get mugged or beheaded or something? Sure. Just like there is a chance of you getting mugged in your hometown or gunned down by drug dealers in the nearest American big city you can name. Mexico City is a HUGE place....bigger than New York City by a large margin. Just like you wouldn't walk through unknown neighborhoods in Harlem late at night while wearing gold jewelry and expensive cameras, you shouldn't do it in Mexico City. If you're the least bit street savvy though and use common sense you will be just fine and have a blast (I sure do). For a student, I'd pick a place to live close to the university (which one is it? UNAM? Spectacular campus if it is....) If you're looking for places in the heart of the city, there's some pretty cool places around Col. Roma at often affordably reasonable rents. Have fun!
2 :
You can get mugged or beheaded anywhere just look at the greyhound in Alberta. The guy got his head cut off on the bus full of people while driving down the road.
3 :
I you go to the bad areas, of course is very dangerous, that's why you need to know what areas you need to go. but I would recomend you before you go to be more fluent in spanish. if you need more help, e-mail me.
4 :
The same as new york city
5 :
just travel i groups because i heard aboit the killings in mexcio city they killed 7 or 8 police near the freeway but by then it should be calmk down by then
6 :
i live in mexico city and i was living in chicago last year... i can tell you it's the same, you just have to be careful about "fake friends" here in mexico city, there's a bunch of nice areas you can live at, about getting a job, you can always try for english schools, some companies pay to pratice and get an "american accent" up to 20 usd per hour/class. if you need any more info, let me know... good luck
7 :
Like some people said you can get mugged anywhere. If you look for the top 10 most dangerous cities Mexico City is not one of them, if you look for top ten most dangerous countries Mexico is not one of them, we have more dangerous places in US than Mexico. I lived in Miami for 5 years, LA for a year, New York, Baltimore Maryland, Washington DC for 8 years and in Mexico City from 2000 - 2005 and you know what Mexico City was very safe comparing to the other cities, people that visit to Mexico City have fear, more when is the first time, when you get there you'll see is totally different, we all have bad experiences but that does not mean that everyone is going to have the same experience or think that this place is dangerous, some time is just bad luck. Mexico City is huge, is the largest city in the world (territory), also the largest metropolitan area in the world, around 23,000 million people live there now, this is the third largest city (population) so when you do an estimate of crime rate / incidents per 100,000 the percentage is nothing compare to cities in the US or any other country. Most of the killing that you watch in the news is on the Mexican border, drug dealers killing each other, or drug dealers killing police officers, agents that had something to do with them. Mexico City is changing very quick, you'll see a lot of police officers in the neighborhoods, visitors and downtown area, I'm not saying that is not dangerous, but not as a lot of people think. Te most commune experience is someone asking you for cash or maybe trying to get your wallet in a bus or metro is rare but can happen or maybe stilling something from your car. I was in Mexico City about a month ago, the city is beautiful and big, I drove from Texas all the way there and no problems. So don't be afraid, go there and learn for your self, I'm sure you will be just fine and you always want to go back, you'll see. There are very nice areas, a lot of restaurants, malls, bars, and other very nice places. I'm planning on moving to Mexico City too very soon. So if you need any help after I move down just contact me. Suggestions avoid bad areas, specialty during the late night hours, practice your Spanish, make good friends there, get to know the areas. Learn emergency numbers, always take an ID with you, (not passport) do not bring a lot of cash with you, bring what you are going to need for the moment there is always a ATM machine near by. Do not carry laptops or expensive cameras at night. Do not leave anything in the car that is visible. Make copies of your documents ID's, passport, DL, credit cards and live them in a safe place. There are a lot of good places to live, I lived in Polanco for many years this is a very nice neighborhood, group of students or teachers rent an apartment and they all share the rent and utilities so they can live in a nice neighborhood. Col. Roma also is nice to live an affordable, Americans like to live by the US embassy or near by neighborhood, Colonia Condesa or Napoles are very nice too, you can walk anywhere in these areas. Coyoacan is another nice place a lot of students live in this areas you can rent an apartment with your friends for some months or you can always look for just a room, these are available for must of the students. By Division del Norte, Universidad, Copilco, to the South of the City is a very nice area too is a little far from downtown but is nice area. to the North out side the city line is Satelite another nice area. Like a said before if you need more information or pictures contact me an I will be glad to give you more information. Good Luck!!!!
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