An Updated Testing Experience with TOEFL
In case you haven’t heard yet, the TOEFL test is changing starting August 1st 2019. The test is being shortened from 3.5 hours to 3 hours, and my guess is that this is being done to be seen as comparable to IELTS in terms of test length. I know that if I had the choice […]
The Cost of Living in Santiago
Over my time here in Chile I’ve come across plenty of people that are surprised by the cost of living in Santiago. Some of them naively assumed that living in South America is cheap, or they are basing their ideas on having lived in other countries. The reality is that Santiago is an expensive city […]
Exploring Santiago and Maintaining a Social Life While Teaching
I don’t know about other people, but for me it is really easy to get wrapped up in my work and to neglect my social life. I’ve been making a conscious effort to work on this, and it has been going pretty well. Near the beginning of the year I took a day trip to […]