Tag: spain
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Yo Estoy Aqui, Compadres. Arrival in Sevilla
10/23/09 I’ve been daydreaming about writing all day. Phrases popping into my head and revelations begging to be transcribed. However, despite this nagging excitement and partial feeling of obligation to record my adventures, all I’ve managed to do is sleep! Jet lag is a real thing and somehow in my planning I’d seem to have forgotten…
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One Week ’til Spain
10/14/09 I feel like it was a few weeks ago that I was sitting in my parents’ office trying to figure out a better way to live my life. I knew I wanted to travel, I knew I wanted to go to grad school and I wanted to keep my car. Those were my “non-negotiables,”…
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Preparation the Cambridge CELTA Certificate Course
10/4/09 I’m nervous. I’m sitting here reading The Practice of English Language Teaching by Jeremy Harmer. Correction: I’m trying to read this text and I can’t get through it. I’m flashing back to 6th grade English class with Mrs. McClean drawing lines on the board. When I was new to the school,
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A Move away from the Norm: Learning to Teach English in Spain
4/19/09 So it’s official. Well, official in the sense that I have made up my mind to go to Spain. Unofficial in the sense that nobody else, including my boss and employees, know this yet.