April 2013
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“How do I look?” “Like a queen. Like a goddess.” “And...”
–  tracy, the philadelphia story
Apr 18th
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March 2013
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Mar 31st
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Mar 28th
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Mar 28th
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Mar 7th
February 2013
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6 Facts of Life for an Unpaid DC Intern
1. You work more hours than you should. It sounds paradoxical, since you’re not actually receiving compensation for the hours you spend at your computer… well, not monetary compensation. You can’t put a value on experience, right? 2. You’ve experienced the Metro version of Murphy’s Law at least once in your first month, whereby your naive plans to arrive at work...
Feb 5th
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Feb 4th
January 2013
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“There is a comfort in the strength of love; ‘Twill make a thing...”
– William Wordsworth
Jan 28th
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Jan 5th
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Jan 3rd
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December 2012
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Dec 26th
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Dec 22nd
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[STOLEN]
Camera was stolen by an enterprising baggage handler in Santiago, but that didn’t keep me from making some amazing memories before I hightailed back home for the holidays.  [Santiago] Reunion with EOD volunteers, which involved some roaming around Santiago, soaking up sun in the Plaza de Armas, and alcohol in the hostel. Visit to Londres 38 and the Museum of Memory and Human Rights, two...
Dec 21st
November 2012
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Nov 28th
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Nov 27th
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Nov 25th
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Nov 20th
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Nov 14th
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Snapshots of a School Day
7:45 AM: The mom of one of my quinto chiquillos pulls over on the street and gives me a lift to the school, three blocks away. The boy was too shy to even talk to me in the car.  8:55 AM: In the midst of my first solo class with all of tercero for the whole period, where half of the class sat insolently/sullenly/playing on cell phones as I tried to engage them with tales of turduckens and Black...
Nov 14th
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Nov 12th
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Nov 12th
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Nov 10th
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Nov 10th
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Apples to Apples... Chile ESL Version
Broke out some homemade Apples to Apples cards in primero medio today. The adjective in the center was “funny.” The winning card? “Barack Obama.” Teaching in Chile? Priceless.
Nov 7th
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Long Weekends
Another long weekend, another rejuvenating break from the trials of ESL teaching in the desert. It wasn’t to anywhere new - just to La Serena/the Elqui Valley - but it was with different people and with different goals, which generally makes or breaks traveling. I was with Marissa and the Rojas family (the most sustained example of genuine hospitality I’ve encountered in Chile),...
Nov 5th
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Nov 1st
October 2012
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Weekend in Caldera
Weekend kicked off with some futbol practice at the turf stadium with the little chicas from my school, and I have to say, there are few other reasons I would miss Friday almuerzo (i.e. Nona’s incredible mote/lentils/garbanzo stews) for. There aren’t a whole ton of girls, but this ragtag group is always brimming with enthusiasm. What they lack in coordination - it’s safe to say...
Oct 28th
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“You! You’re a terrible influence. Our PE teacher said we have to be more...”
– Monsy, my host sister and her best friend Catalina.  Apparently, running past the PE class this morning wasn’t the best thing I did for the students… Oops?
Oct 25th
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“Miss, are you Jewish? (20 seconds later) Miss Julie, conoce Jackie Chan?”
– Tomas from my octavo basico. Can’t make this stuff up.
Oct 24th