Tag: Colombia

A tune-up and a smack-down: The gringa returns to Bogotá

Readers of LLU might remember a series of blog posts I did entitled "Teaching What You Thought You Knew," in…

Posted on: August 8, 2012
By: bsawhill

Teaching What You Thought You Knew (Part 4): El beísbol

One of my not-so-secret guilty pleasures is baseball. Growing up in a family of baseball enthusiasts and long-suffering Red Sox…

Posted on: August 11, 2011
By: bsawhill
With: 3 Comments

Teaching What You Thought You Knew (Part 3): Colombian Music, or how I learned to appreciate Hip Hop after 40

Foto of a sign in a buseta in Bogotá used with permission from Andreuchis I have to admit it. Prior…

Posted on: August 9, 2011
By: bsawhill
With: 2 Comments

Teaching What You Thought You Knew (Part 2): Colombian Film

HISP 205 is a conversation class. As the teacher, my goal for the inclass portion was that whatever I brought…

Posted on: July 26, 2011
By: bsawhill
With: 4 Comments

Teaching What You Thought You Knew (Part 1): Colombia

A thousand years ago, I studied at the Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia. I went during college and…

Posted on: July 9, 2011
By: bsawhill
With: 2 Comments

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