Ingles 101

March 10, 2009

So soon and I am posting another blog! Mostly because I realized that in the last one I only spoke of the fun we are having and not a thing about work. And I certainly would NOT want you to think that Peace Corps is all fun and games and NO work!

Work - well, we were asked by the high school principal to teach their English classes. The English teacher is currently out on maternity leave (hopefully coming back!) and the school did not have anyone to take over the classes. Originally, the principal asked Brian to teach one class and for me to teach one class, but there are more than just two classes. So we decided to teach the rest as well. We will find out on Monday just how many classes there are - I am thinking only about 6 more which would mean 3 more classes for me and 3 for Brian. Not too bad. So far I really enjoy teaching the classes as my students are really funny and are pretty good at participating. Also, I just like the feeling of being back in a real classroom and feeling like I have a real job. The major downside is that there are no text books or school materials so we are creating the curriculum and using our own materials.

We are continuing with EDUCATODOS which is school for people that were not able to or did not want to attend regular school. We do not have too many students this year and Brian and I are splitting the class. Thus far, it is much better than last year because I am sharing class with Brian.

Another downside to teaching in the high school is that three of the five weekday mornings are now taken and the other two by EDUCATODOS. This is not so good because the elementary schools are only in school during the morning. We also can not switch the high school schedule because those students only go in the morning as well! This leaves us no time to do work in the schools, which is something I really want to be doing. The high school teaching is supposed to be until the end of April, which will then leave us with the time to work with the elementary schools. We plan to do more with our creative projects, I received a donation for Colgate and plan on doing a teeth brushing campaign in a school, and we are going to do some creative writing projects.