Realized I Need A Masters Degree

I spent virtually every waking minute of today researching possible opportunities for my life after the internship and subsequent adventures have ended. Pretty much all morning I looked at Teach for America and the Peace Corps. Both of them offer really nice segues into graduate programs. I think at this point I would be a better candidate for TfA because they seem to cater to new graduates which is nice. Ideally I'd like to start this September but I wouldn't be able to make it to the summer training sessions so I wouldn't be able to start until September 2012 which is just silly to be planning this far ahead for. And for the Peace Corps, I don't really have enough experience or time to create experience to really be a good candidate just yet.

Anyway, what I really want to end up doing , or rather, where I really want to end up is in UNESCO. They are, from what I can tell, one of the most important authorities when it comes to international aid for education and literacy and that is where I want to be. But every job opportunity that I can find related to them requires at least a Masters Degree; even the internships are only for graduate students. So, it's looking like I'm going to need to go to graduate school, which is going to entail taking tests and getting letters of recommendation and etc etc etc ... argh.

I'm looking at George Washington University in D.C. They have a program in International Development with a specialization in International Education. That is pretty much all I want from a graduate program but it comes with a fairly hefty price tag: 45,000/year.

On another note, I was looking around for government jobs as a possible thing to do after I get back (whenever that is) and I found a pretty cool one: Archives Specialist. It's at the National Archives and Records Administration, or something like that. Crazily enough I actually have all the required experience and education so I applied for it. I'm not sure when the job is supposed to start but if I could work that out to start in August or so I'd be in heaven.