In school, I’ve always been in classes with 30+ students…in college many of my classes had 300+ kids. The classes I took for the Spanish major were a little better at having smaller class sizes…until they turned many of our upper-division Spanish classes into lecture courses, aka turning our previous 30 student class into a [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Mexico’
July 22, 2009
Orgullo Mexicano
He disfrutando tenieno un partner en crime para explorar una ciudad nueva. Cuando estabamos regresando anoche, encontremos un resaurante mexicano entonces claro que detenernos y comimos la comida rica! Me encanta la cultura Mexicana y es tan maravillosa para tener la oportunidad a conocerla y las personas que tengan tan muchano… pues, estan sagrando el [...]
July 2, 2009
¡Viva!
So, as I have spent the past week interning at a study abroad company, I’ve been nostalgically reliving my freaking awesome study abroad experience in Queretaro…already 2 years ago in a month of so. Crazy. I pulled out the 56 videos I took during my study abroad and watched a handful – this is one [...]
June 20, 2009
first Austin update
So, I’m finally here is Austin. I begin my internship at API a week from tomorrow (can’t wait – they have already been more than amazing/accommodating/welcoming!) I figured I’d share with the world some of the discoveries I’ve made in the first 24 hours of living in Austin. Austin is SUNNY. and has lots [...]
March 18, 2009
mexperience reflection
“¡Bienvenidos a la ciudad de México! En un rato, vamos a . . . “ What the hell is going on? And what the hell are these people saying? Why am I the only white person on this airplane? Nothing anyone says about studying abroad can prepare you. Jump in, face first. Mess up. [...]
January 14, 2009
cultural anthropology: The United States of Mexico
To fulfill my final few credits, I was enrolled in an International Communications course. Exciting yes, because international communications is certainly an avenue of my career path I see myself exploring. However, the structure and focus of this course I knew did not align with my interests. So, I created my own class. I’m really [...]
December 17, 2008
expecting the unexpected in Mexico
Unas de las razones que me disfrutaba viviendo en Mexico – cada dia, nunca sabia que va a ocurrir. Como esta desfile que encontremos durante nuestra caminata a la UAQ: en ingles: I think one of the reasons I enjoyed living in Mexico so much, was because on a daily basis, I never quite knew [...]
January 17, 2008
my mexican bus adventure
Once upon I a time I lived in Queretaro, Mexico. Ali and I were leaving the orphanage where we volunteered by bus to reach our final destination of our cooking class, located on Ezekial Montes. Long story short, we accidentally forgot to get off the bus on Ezekial Montes…no big deal we thought – all [...]
