mis adventuras en guatemala empeza en lunes

Just finished my third year of teaching in NYC, and for the third time, I will spend July abroad.

On Monday, I leave for Guatemala, courtesy of Fund for Teachers. (Thanks, FFT!) I'll be traveling with a friend for a week, and then spending three weeks studying Spanish, volunteer art-teaching (why no, I'm not an art teacher), and kicking it in Quetzeltenango. Oh, and shopping. My grant requires that I do ALOT of shopping. And blog. It requires that I blog.

So, hi! My name is Frances, and this is my blog!

I teach in Queens, at a small, loopy high school. There are many complainy teacher blogs, and this is not going to be one of them. This is the blog where I write about traveling in Guatemala, teaching art, learning Spanish, and shopping. If I zip-line or climb a volcano, I'll let you know.

This is also where, if I am so moved, I consider how my time in Guatemala impacts my teaching in Queens.