First things first

As the title says, first I would like to talk a little about the program responsible for my trip to Austin TX. In Portuguese we call this program PDPI. PDPI is a program in training teachers from Brazil. The first step consist in filling forms proving that you are a teacher, the second step is a proficiency test measuring your English skills and qualifying you into one of three categories, they are intermediate 1, intermediate 2 or methods in teaching. After the test there is a rank showing if you are able or not to participate. 

Once you are qualified for the program you have lots of documents to arrange and prove. The last part before you leave Brazil is a time you spend in Sao Paulo in a visa interview and so you are able to go to America and live the dream of studying in an American university.