ladybrettashley

Hi everybody! I am currently a graduate student in a Master's in Teaching program for Spanish certification. My feelings toward the program have been lukewarm, and I'm still not 100% convinced that becoming a high school teacher is right for me. I have stuck with it primarily because I am a Graduate Assistant. I am also going for my ESL certification, so I have been taking Linguistics courses. Through this experience, I have come to love Linguistics, and I want to get another Master's or PhD in this field (particularly, language documentation). Since I am already in the M.A.T. program, my current plan is to continue until I finish in three semesters, get certified, and teach for a year before applying to grad schools for Linguistics. I am hoping to be able to get recommendations from professors in my current Master's program from Linguistics courses I take, as well as my GA advisor, who will be able to speak to my ability to do research. My question is, would it look bad to an admissions committee that I already have a Master's in Teaching? I am hoping that my teaching experience could help me get funding as a TA. But, I can see it being detrimental to my application because I could look wishy-washy. Has anyone else been in a similar situation (gone from a Master's in one field to a different one)? Is it worth it to continue with my M.A.T. program as planned? Any other advice?

Please, could anybody help? It would really help to have someone look over it.

Over the weekend, I emailed two professors to ask for a letter of recommendation. The first got back to me right away and agreed to write me one. The second professor hasn't responded to me at all. It has now been three days. How long should I be expected to wait for a response? Should I email her again and ask if she got the email? I don't want to be pushy but I do need to know either way if she'll write me a letter. I don't really know who else to ask at this point.

Would anybody be willing to give me feedback on my SOP? It's for a Library and Information Sciences program. I'd really, really appreciate it.