I want to start off by saying that I'm sorry that I haven't updated this page in a while.  I was student teaching (in Spanish) this semester and got quite busy designing lessons toward the end, so... I haven't had time to get online.  My student teaching is now over (I got an A+) and I should have time to write on a more regular basis now.

The second (and more important) thing that I'd like to mention in this entry is that I was recently notified that I was awarded the scholarship that I applied for to go to Spain and teach English.  If you've been keeping up with this blog, you know that I have spent time in Spain before and applied for this scholarship to have the opportunity to go back to Spain and spend even more time practicing and honing my Spanish skills.  (If you are unfamiliar with this blog, you may want to read my fist post to get yourself up to date.)  Anyway, I was very excited about the scholarship, in fact I didn't sleep last night after I found out I had won it (haha). 

For those of you who are interested in knowing, the scholarship has assigned me to the Castilla y León region of Spain.  I was very happy that I got that region because, during my last study abroad experience in Spain, I lived in Valladolid, a large city located more or less in the center of the Castilla y León region.  So... I'm glad that I know the area in which I have been placed by the scholarship. 

Also for those of you who are wondering, the scholarship that I was given was granted to me by the Spanish Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (MEC).  I don't want to sound rude, but I have gotten a lot of emails from people asking me to help them get scholarships in Spain and I am really unable to help those people.  Please keep in mind that I have no pull whatsoever in these matters and the only information I know about the scholarship is the information that is on the MEC website which I just linked to.  Please, do not direct your questions about scholarships in Spain to me... the MEC and other organizations like the Fulbright organization are the ones in charge of those things and they can help you much more than I can. 

I think that's about all I have to say right now about my scholarship.  Over the next few days, I hope to post some more about my reaction to winning the scholarship and my next steps to get the visa to go to Spain.  Before I close this entry I would like to say that I "think" I have the comment problem on this site fixed and have undone the moderated comments that I had to implement a few weeks ago.  Now you can leave a comment without it having to be approved by me; hopefully this will simplify the entire comment-leaving process. 

Stay tuned for more new things on the site.  Now that I'm done student teaching I'll have plenty of time to update with pictures, information, and lots more....

Hasta la próxima,
--Chris
http://www.abroadinspain.com