The Middle Ground Journal

A Fulbright Teacher in Bogota, Colombia, A Special Series – Night of the Little Candles The North Star Reports – by Laura Blasena. Sponsored by The College of St. Scholastica and The Middle Ground Journal

[Photo: Villa de Leyva as viewed from our hostel on a hill outside of the city.]

It´s December, which means that the majority of classes and all thing school-related have or are quickly coming to an end. Second semester of the academic school year in Colombia goes from the beginning of August to the beginning of December, but at my university the last two weeks of the semester are spent testing and giving presentations.
However, I, as an employee of the school, am still required to work, though that work is very minimal and far between.

This is due to the fact that there is a holiday on the night of the second Monday of…