Last week we had Olympiadas at an outdoor public field a few blocks from Colegio Anakena. In the first heat of runners, there were five kids all around the age of five-years-old. Uno, dos, tres and they were off toward the finish line. Until the boy in Lane Three looked down to realize that the [...[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Santiago’
Recognizing Difference
I have been disappointed with the education provided by Anakena when I am wearing my red, white and blue lenses. However, the school is quite impressive when you consider that “discapacidades en Santiago, Chile” brings up less than ten relevant results in Google, which is nothing for a city of f[...]
“Let yourself be defined by your actions”
Cajón del Maipo, Chile: no internet access, no phone service, no distractions of city life. Every class of VE Global volunteers gets to go on a weekend jornada, or day trip, to this quaint little ranch in the mountainside outside the city that is rented out by an adorable and generous hippie co[...]
A Week of Three “Firsts”
This week was full of "firsts" for me. I explain in some detail my first week working at Colegio Anakena, experiencing my first Chilean World Cup win, and my first run up a mountain.[...]
