14- Conversations in English

 I am thankful for the opportunity I have given to teach English here at the foundation. I found an ad a few weeks ago for English conversations with an American student and decided to send an email to say I was interested. Today, I met with Nicolás, a 15-year old from here, Toledo, Spain, for the third time. We meet every week and just have conversations in English. I learn a lot from him! He told me today about a rivalry that Quevedo and Góngora, two Spanish poets of the 16th century, had that drove Quevedo to write a poem ridiculing the other's nose. He plays double bass and takes lessons here at the music conservatory school, so we talk a lot about music.

 I love that I get to do this especially because it reminds me of teaching ESL to the sweet middle school girls at Davis Emerson Middle School in Tuscaloosa. I miss seeing them laugh and get competitive when we'd play board games. I really hope I'll be able to do it again. I don't think my schedule allows it in the spring, but maybe next fall.

 Kthnxbai!