I have just started a conversation with James Phillips, creator of tzmEducation.org. He has been giving talks in schools about the idea of a Resource Based Economy. I feel this is an important thing to do but started thinking about what it would take to make in happen here.

I now realize this is a generic problem. It is a bit harder for me for a number of reasons including the fact that I am not a native here but, after a bit of thought, I realized the impasse is not with the students. It is with the parents.

I was recently pointed to another Spanish learning site called Notes in Spanish. It is run by a couple in Spain. Marina is Spanish and Ben is English. Their classes combine their skills to offer some very nice learning tools. The approach—both in how they do the training and in what is available for free— is different than the norm. If you are serious about learning Spanish, I highly recommend adding their material to your toolkit.