“Cartas desde el infierno” by Ramón Sampedro

I read a lot in Spanish and have decided to add a category to this site entitled “Book Reviews” in which I will post information about some of the best “Spanish-related” books that I have read and that I think my readers could be interested in.  To kick-off this new section of the site, I’d like to tell you about a book by Spaniard Ramón Sampedro, a man with a tremendous will… to die.  Continue reading this post…

My reaction to the scholarship…

I won, I won!

It’s been a few days since I was notified that I won a scholarship to go to Spain, and now that I’ve had time to let it “sink in,” I thought I’d write a short post to let everyone know my deepest, innermost thoughts (well, not really that deep).  As you can see from the “thumbs-up” picture of me above, the first thing that comes to mind when I think about the scholarship is GOOOOOOOD GOING!!!! Continue reading this post…

Success!!!

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.  Continue reading this post…