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07 February 2007 ~ 0 Comments

Who Would Hurt Maria?

Sunday night I sent a text message to my teacher Maria to ask her if we were going to have class in the morning of the afternoon. She replied with a brief message saying that we wouldn’t be able to have class Monday but didn’t explain why.
“Mañana no puedo dar clase lo siento.”
Even though we [...]

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09 December 2006 ~ 0 Comments

My Friend Valeria

I really have the utmost respect for my friend Valeria. She is 26 years old and possesses a level of maturity well beyond her age. Currently, she is finishing up the year as a school teacher. Every day, she takes an uncomfortable bus to a very poor area 2 hours to the west of Buenos [...]

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13 October 2006 ~ 2 Comments

World Travelers

Since high school, I have left home three different times. First, Tulsa and ORU for college. Then Washington DC for an internship at Heritage. Now, Buenos Aires. Each one of these has been one of the best decisions of my life. The main reason for this has been the people. Each one of these locations [...]

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13 October 2006 ~ 1 Comment

English Friends

My Spanish has greatly improved! However, it´s kind of a tease being here. There are so many great people at the school, but many of them are beginners. Getting to know them is almost impossible without speaking English. For now, I´m letting myself speak it during activities, but it can´t go on too long. We [...]

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13 October 2006 ~ 0 Comments

Dr. Wilson

There are many great people the ECELA language school. Almost everyone is from the US or Western Europe. One of my new friends is Anthony. He is in the beginning class and will only be here for 2 weeks, but is considering a return for an extended stay. I´m not sure how old he is, [...]

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