This evening, I am am giving an 8 minute presentation to my Spanish class. The professor will be evaluating my spoken Spanish grammar and pronunciation in addition to the written Spanish in the visual portions of my presentation and the summary I will give to each student. I hope it goes well. It has been great to review and improve my Spanish skills.

I have also enjoyed researching the topic of my presentation, an obscure portion of the fascinating history of Chile. For any of you who read Spanish, I am posting a summary of my research. I’m sure that there are grammatical and orthographic problems that I have missed, but deadlines wait for no one!

Orélie Antoine de Tounens
La historia peculiar de un “Don Quijote” francés en Chile

You have probably heard about the Colorado high school geography teacher who was suspended after a student recorded and publicized his in-class, anti-Bush rant. (details at Michelle Malkin’s blog )

Some time ago, I served as a missionary in Chile, and in addition to the various blogs and news sources I read regularly online, I also try to keep up with Chilean news through the online edition of La Tercera. La Tercera is one of Chile’s major newspapers.

This morning, the following article about the anti-bush teacher suspension appeared in La Tercera (translation follows original spanish):