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Teach English in Colombia: Grappling with Grammar, Gold, Guns, and Guayaba

Americans avoid Colombia for good Most conflicts occur in the countryside.
reasons. A virtual civil war has been While this can make inter-city travel
waged for nearly 40 years. Rates of crime risky at times, residents inside major
and violence are among the world's cities like Bogota, Cali, and Medellin
highest. And then there's the "drug feel little impact and live quite
problem." Why would anyone consider normally. Adjusting to power failures,
coming here to teach English?"I came phone or water outages, and rainy season
because a friend who was working in Cali flooding is more of a nuisance than
liked it here and recommended it," says life-threatening. Larger cities are
Glenn Yates, a teacher now in his second reasonably well policed and usually safe,
year at a bilingual school. Tired of if you're careful.Drugs? Most illicit
Canada's frigid winters, he fled to a production is for export, so, except for
land of year-round warm weather and an warring drug factions in the coca-growing
even warmer welcome.Colin Jacobs, weary areas, there's not much everyday impact.
of gloomy days and drizzle, found his way During major holidays the government
to teaching English in Cali from his steps up military patrols of principal
native England more than 20 years ago and highways and vacation resort areas to
hasn't left since. "I don't think I could insure protection and safer travel for
live in London again," he says. "After vacationers.Quality of LifeCali, with two
adjusting to the near-perfect weather, million residents, is known as the "Salsa
the food, and the easy-going lifestyle capital of the world," rivaling Cuba. The
here, I'm not really keen to go back. I'm two largest shopping malls house
spoiled for life."So am I. Hundreds of multi-cinema complexes featuring
varieties of flowers perfume the air, first-run U.S. films in English with
even in winter. Pantries abound with Spanish subtitles. English publications
exotic fruits like Guayaba and Carambolo. are readily available at bookstores and
The year-long growing season allows newsstands. Material in English can be
papayas to reach nearly the size of borrowed free from the Universidad
watermelons; mangoes can weigh up to two Santiago de Cali and for a $3 annual fee
pounds each. Colombia's strong, black from the Centro Cultural Colombo
coffee, considered the world's richest, Americano. The Municipal Theatre,
is served everywhere.But Is It Safe?There Tertulia Arts Complex, and Jorge Isaacs
are problems, yes, but not of Theatre offer regular productions in
"run-screaming-to-the-hills" intensity. Spanish.




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