A Mid-Year Reflection

My Fulbright grant lasts for nine and a half months, which means that, in early February, I reached the halfway point of my time here. I really don't want to re-hash every minute detail of the last 4.5 months (read the earlier posts if you want to know what was going on during my first few weeks here), so I'll just share a few epiphanies and a little of the knowledge acquired.

Stuff Spanish Teachers Say

First, Happy February, Mardi Gras/Carnival, Month in which the Oppressor Decided to Acknowledge the Contributions of People of African Descent to the World, Commercialized Love Day, and--my personal fave--birthday to the fifty million members of my family who decided to make their entrances into the world during the shortest month of the year.