Thursday, March 8th, was International Women’s Day, a holiday celebrated both officially and unofficially in countries across the globe – although, oddly enough, I’ve noticed that it doesn’t seem to be particularly popular in the United States. Here in Colombia, it’s celebrated as a sort o[...]
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Inequality and Inspiration Between the Clouds
About two weeks ago, I took a field trip with a few other volunteers working in my school system. There are endless sites across the country that are deserving of a day’s attention (or more), but our field trip wasn’t for a photo safari. The administrators in charge of our (private) schools wer[...]
Why to Teach English in Colombia (With an O)
“So, I’m actually moving to Colombia to teach English for a year.” “Congratulations! That’s so exciting! You’re going to love New York!” I can’t begin to tell you how many times I had some variation on this conversation during the last few months of 2011. Needless to say, the reactio[...]
