Matt's "Abbreviated" Goals Statement

My academic goal is: Given my general interest in teaching English as a foreign language as a possible career choice, I will need at the very least a college degree and certification. My cultural goal is: Given my desire to experience as much of the world as I can, I will need a way to travel to multiple destinations, as well as the ability or knowledge to survive in unfamiliar environments. My personal goal in life is: complicated. It's hard to simply identify any singular specific goal that I have in life. Assuming that this goal is related to our choices in international travel and study, I run into the problem of having too many things that I want to accomplish. So if I want to make sense of all this, the main thing I need to focus on is this: Given my desire to experience more than I likely will have time for, I will need the ability to make selective choices on what I want to do. This requires time, and clarity, both of which I need more of.

Global Traveler: Matt Deline

Hello Internet! My name is Matt Deline, I am currently finishing up my Junior year (well my first year at SDSU) as an English Major. I've been looking into the Semester at Sea program since 2003, and I think that I can finally justify the expenses involved to make it outside the US again. I hope to attend the Spring 2009 voyage, in which I will be docking at: Nassau, Bahamas; Cadiz, Spain; Naples, Italy; Istanbul, Turkey; Alexandria, Egypt; Chennai, India; Bankok, Thailand; Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam; Hong Kong and Shanghai, China; Kobe and Yokohama, Japan; Honolulu, Hawaii (USA); and Puntarenas, Costa Rica. If you would like to know more about me, or would like a more regular update on the progress of my trip you can find it at my website.