As an undergrad, I attended college in the USA. Paying the expensive college tution at an unfavorable foreign exchage rate pretty much wiped off my family's savings. After I got done, I applied to grad school. I got in, but without a Teaching Assistantship - which meant that I had to depend on heavily depleted family savings to cover my first semester at grad school.
My very first morning at the new college the international student director asked me where I would like to go have breakfast, as the cafeteria wasn't yet open. So I told him that I'd like to go to McD's and have an egg McMuffin. Well, as we were walking towards McD's, the director spotted another international student in my program and walked over to introduce me. "Go to the department SOON!", she urged me, "they are looking for a grad student to teach a class". This opening had come about unexpectedly, and I gladly accepted the offer on the spot.
Because I taught the class well, and earned good grades my first semester, I was awarded a full Teaching Assistantship that covered my fees and provided me with a stipend.
I graduated from this program and went on to get a second grad degree at a different school. After that I got a faculty job at a college that initiated my Green Card process. Now I'm a Permanent Resident and a tenured faculty member.
And it all started with hungering for an egg McMuffin.
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