Yesterday was a good day, a day of achieving, and a day of opportunity. I was asked to be involved in a project that would take me overseas; teach acting in China for two weeks, flight, room & board paid for.
It's just what I've been looking for, a chance to get away, a chance to build my resume, to go somewhere amazing and new, to learn... but I keep stopping myself.
I have a little teaching experience, but I feel it is not enough to make me worthy of this trip. I cost a lot just to bring to China. I don't speak Chinese (though nobody said I'd have to), I don't have an MFA or even a BFA in teaching or directing (just a lib studies B.A.)...
When I was offered the job, I was excited about it. I thought for a couple hours I could really do it. So did the person who asked me. But now I'm second guessing myself.
Is it unethical for me to take this job? Does it matter? If I stay in the U.S. I'll be taken advantage of just because I have little experience and only an undergraduate degree... But if I go, I'd have some experience, and in China!
It makes me really sad to think of not going... but I don't want to cheat the people hiring me. I know if I went I would work very hard to be worthy of them. I have three months to decide. Should I go?