Today is the first day in almost a week I´ve actually had time to get to the Internet Cafe...we´ve been really busy. Monday and Tuesday the other volunteers and I, and our language teacher/facilitator, went to the local school to meet the director, the English teacher and observe some English classes. We ended up actually teaching in the classes which was a bit of a surprise, but really fun. It´s amazing how little English the teachers know and how much help is needed. We´ve had about 6 hours of Spanish class per day, intermixed with trips to nearby towns and Managua for PC business (vaccines, medical info sessions, etc.). The other volunteers in my town and I have been meeting at 6:15am to go for a run in the mornings...definitely makes the cold shower more enjoyable.
On Thursday and Friday we went to NicaTESOL which is an annual conference for English teachers in Nicaragua. We went to a bunch of sessions on topics, one of which was about activities that require little to no materials. Yesterday when we arrived back to our training town from Managua it was raining like I´ve never seen rain before. I ran about 5 blocks from the bus stop to my house in about 6 inches of dirty water. My host mom then told me that there´s an earlier bus stop that is much closer to the house. Next time!
I´m still eating lots of rice and beans and fresh fruit, and an increasing amount of eggs and chicken. I love being forced to speak and practice my Spanish and am looking forward to 10 more weeks of improvement in my language skills. Hopefully I´ll be able to upload some pictures soon!
Bambi
World Map
my bed
my sister and her novio
the little birds in my kitchen
a street and street dog
the church
the park
an interesting mode of transportation
viva la revolución
wow that's a pretty fancy bed there. it doesn't look like the mosquito net you described that was all attached to a single string hanging from the ceiling. and how do they teach english without knowing english? is that what you are there for? :). cristina arrived safely in guernsey last week with rog, lynne, daddy and nancy. she took goober to the annapolis eye specialist vet and they did some sort of grid thing on his eye because it wasn't healing, so he has a cone now and i'm taking him back to the vet next week. peggy has been coming extra to give him his eye drops. i got my bag and i love it!!! thanks!! how's are the malaria meds going down...any side effects? it's such a weird feeling being the only one in the US right now. sounds like you are off to a good start. have fun and definitely keep the pictures coming! miss you! love g.
ReplyDelete"it doesn't look like the mosquito net you described that was all attached to a single string hanging from the ceiling."
ReplyDeleteI'll say. You made quite a fuss over that.
I wish there were dogs in the streets here.
haha yes Tyler, I completely agree!! :)
ReplyDeletepeace corps gave us a mosquito net when we got here which i didn´t know was going to happen until after i bought mine. i´ll use it in about a year when this one starts wearing out!
ReplyDeletemalaria meds are fine...they taste disgusting but i haven´t had any crazy dreams or other side effects yet.
the teachers know minimal english, which is more than no english, which is enough to teach english (in nicaragua). yes, we are here to teach the teachers how to teach...so when we leave they can keep teaching and teaching others how to teach! :)