Teach and Learn Survival Guide
Master Teach & Learn in Spain So, you want to come to Madrid, do you? Dying to escape the current administration, need a sabbatical, or just need a new direction? So, you submitted all your paperwork, got all your ducks in a row, held your breath and have come to terms with that fact that […]
A Year ago… 1st Franklin Alumni Meeting
Returning to a place that you once called home is always a remarkable experience. Looking out the window as I landed at the Madrid Barajas Airport generated a rush of emotions, and if I’m being completely honest, I shed a few tears. Two and a half years had passed since I stepped foot on Spanish […]
Teach and Learn Survival Guide (part 4)
Muy buenas, gentle readers. I’m tempted to change the opening for this blog to something more catchy…maybe a little more Gossip Girl-esque. But, despite their similarities, this is Madrid, not New York, and I´m a little more Javier Calvo than Blake Lively. But I digress. I would apologize for last week´s post being something of […]
El fuego en las fiestas españolas
Ana Cristina Cuello, University of Central Florida El fuego calienta, ilumina, consume y desinfecta. Es un símbolo del infierno; nacimiento y resurrección; purificación. Transformación y renovación: el viejo crecimiento se quema para dejar paso a un nuevo crecimiento de rejuvenecimiento. La pasión y la rebeldía; extroversión y entusiasmo. El fuego encarna las características de la […]
El camino de las estrellas
Marco Gallegos, University of Arizona El camino de las estrellas conocido como “El camino de Santiago” o simplemente “El camino” es una ruta en España que toman los peregrinos, principalmente cristianos, para llegar a la ciudad de Santiago de Compostela, donde se dice que están los restos del apóstol Santiago el Mayor. En […]
Women’s Soccer in Spain Part 1: Modus Operandi
The culture and structure of fútbol in Spain cannot readily be translated to anything we have in the United States. Though soccer is gaining popularity in the U.S., sport culture still primarily revolves around men’s football (think pigskin), baseball, and basketball. However, soccer is pretty important. What’s more, it is primarily a women’s sport and […]
Teach and Learn Survival Guide (part 5)
Spring has sprung and after eight months I finally made it to the legendary bar Via Lactea last week to have a drink with a friend. I have to wonder what made me take so long to hit that famous spot, but, then again, Madrid is alive and pulsating and there is always something new […]
How to start off on the right foot in your “cole”
So the time of the year is upon us for either heading back to our schools, or finding our places in a new one. For those of us with several years experience it’s a familiar ritual of dos besos, filling people in on your summer holidays, comments about how tan you may be, and settling […]
6 diferencias culturales entre España y los EEUU en el ámbito de la sanidad
Allison Nguyen y Katherine Voss, The University of Oklahoma; Abbey Phelps y Sarah Smyth, Auburn University; y Molly Scarbro, Colorado State University. 1. La privacidad En general, los pacientes en España tienen menos privacidad que en los Estados Unidos. No hay secretos entre la familia del paciente y el médico –las familias pueden estar totalmente […]
¿Qué es la Unión Europea?
Delaney Barr, Butler University; Marco Gallegos, University of Arizona; Matthew Howell, Rider University; Margarita Ochoa, University of Arizona; Jordyn Wyatt, University of Central Missouri Estudiantes de la clase de la Unión Europea explican su historia y su papel en las relaciones internacionales.