Hello,
Thank you for considering my application. I am confident that we can positively impact the future of your students by working together.
As the son of a Mexican immigrant, I have spent my entire life helping my father learn to speak, read, and write in English. Our informal training helped me grow into a patient listener and a concise communicator, which has helped me make many friends who are non-native English speakers. I plan on completing my 120-hour TEFL Certification by August 26, 2022, and I am excited to grow in my ability to teach English.
I have plenty of volunteer experience as a teacher. I have spent two summers teaching English in Anhui Province and Taiwan. I provided one-on-one tutoring in math and reading for three years at a local elementary school, and I taught financial literacy to a class of 20 students at another elementary school. I have spent the past year teaching Bible lessons to a class of 30 kindergarteners at my church. I have also coached youth soccer teams for three seasons. As someone who loves to learn, I naturally enjoy sharing the knowledge and skills I have with others.
As a Malone Scholar at Casady School, a college preparatory school in Oklahoma, I have firsthand experience with the American college admissions process. Due to my family’s financial position, I focused my college search on finding universities that provided substantial financial aid packages. I applied to 13 universities, and each one accepted me. I received over $1.1 million USD in merit-based scholarship offers, and three universities offered to cover my full cost of tuition. I decided to attend Oklahoma City University, where I was the first fellow to join the Meinders Business Leadership Fellows Program. I enjoyed advocating for myself in this process, and I would be glad to advocate for your students as they apply to American universities.
As a child, I noticed that my father seemed relaxed and expressive when he could speak with people in Spanish. As a result, I enjoy studying foreign languages to communicate with others in their native tongues. For most of my life, I focused on learning Spanish. I studied Mandarin in my final year of high school and Japanese during the first few months of the COVID-19 Pandemic. After beginning a career in commercial banking, I neglected my language studies, but I have spent the past four months studying Mandarin, Japanese, and Arabic. I am excited to move to Qingdao and use Mandarin in my everyday life. I would also enjoy learning Korean, so I am thrilled by the opportunity to speak it with your students. Your school would be a great fit for me and my lifelong pursuit of language and cross-cultural learning.
Thank you for considering my application for this position. Please let me know if you have any other openings you would like me to consider. I hope you and your students have an excellent year together, and I would be honored to join your team.
Sincerely,
Erik Manuel Rangel
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