So , i have been here for a week and everyone is trying to figure out where i best fit into this program... at first i was going to be teaching two different grades in reading, math and english... i would LOVE to teach.. but i just can't communicate in Spanish that well... it is really frustrating because i am dying to learn the language..im just not there yet.. so i think it now i will be teaching 3 courses of English, doing a PE class, and probably going to the public school in El Porvenir to help with English classes. i am really excited to see what a public school looks like in Peru. FRom what I hear.. its a bit crazy.. the smallest class size is 35 and if a teacher is absent.. the kids just roam the halls. THey also don't have many resources to use for the kids.. It makes me thankful to have had access to all of the resources i did in Irving. Never know what you got until you don't have it...
the kids are super cute and super wild!!!! because their regular school is so rigid when they get to SKIP they are running around like crazy animals!!!!! yesterday i helped in a class where all of the boys were sneaking around putting on lee press on nails.. bright red!! it was so creepy to see 8 yr olds walking around with red nails!
Today i will be coaching sports.. it is about 10 minutes walking distance from the SKIP school. Nico referred to it as the "giant kitty littler box"....its not quite that bad.. but there is tons of trash aounr it and does seem to smell bad.... oh well gotta deal with what you are given....
So optimistic!
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