Hi! I've lived in Querétaro, Mexico, and taught at ITESM since 1995. During the last thirteen years, I've taught English, Computer Systems, and Mulitmedia at the high school level and Advanced Composition almost exclusively at the university level.

Also during that time, for two and one-half years I served as a consultant to COBAQ, a system of high schools in the state of Querétaro, Mexico. Through working with COBAQ English teachers throughout the state, our goal was a common curriculum to lift the level of English among all COBAQ high school graduates. Part of my work on this project involved writing all the monthly and final exams for all 17,000 students in the state!

After thirteen years in Querétaro, it's become my home, and I like the lifestyle here a lot! For one thing, I hardly ever drive my car. Instead, on most days I walk to the school and the markets, and I put photos of one beautiful walk to the market here: http://eslbee.com/calendar/photos/walk/walk.htm. Also, I recently took some photos of Queretaro's traditional downdown Christmas nativity scene at http://www.eslbee.com/calendar/Queretaro_Nativity/index.html.

Queretaro is a beautiful Mexican colonial city, and while I could retire here immediately, I like teaching English Composition too much! Maybe I'll retire mañana. And after living in Mexico for thirteen years I know that "tomorrow never comes."

I hope everyone has a great semester.