Well I finished my first week at the school today and I will have a little more responsibility in the classroom next week. I get to teach math class on Monday because the teacher doesn´t like it very much. :) The students were amazed today that I knew their names, since I had to yell at a few of them to hurry up on the way to art class. It´s been hard to switch between the languages, english with the students and spanish with the teachers and my family, but I´m getting better at it. I still have a lot of vocabulary to remember, I think that perhaps my dictionary and I will be spending some quality time together this weekend. The students are great though, some are troublemakers but they are all nice kids. I am very excited to be working with them.
Some of the 5th graders today asked if I get to come to their class to teach too, which I think I might be able to at least go and observe. The kids had a free dress day today and could bring their toys from Christmas and los Reyes Magos. Alot of them brought Ipods and cellphones and tried to sneak them during class, they were pretty surprised when I called them out on using it. Alot of the boys also brought skateboards and were riding them down the hill at school, I really thought one of them was going to crack their head open but it was really funny. My family has been really helpful too teaching me how to use the Combi´s and how to walk to the nearby mall and el cine (movie theater).
I am very lucky to be here and to be learning from the teachers, my family and the students, they are all very generous with their time and help. One of the teachers has even offered to take me to the nearby city of Zamora one weekend to see the sights, which I´m very excited about.
This first week was great and I´m very excited to see what will happen over the next nine weeks. It was great to hear some of the students say today "you only get to stay for 10 weeks?" I think maybe my choppy spanish is growing on them. :)
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