Thursday, Oct 29

Crazy day today! We’re preparing for our Fiesta Tipica this week and people from Teguc have come to teach the students the dances and songs they need to practice. If I haven’t mentioned what Fiesta Tipica is, it’s a tipical festival our school puts on with the kids dressing in tipcial dress, doing dances and songs. We also sell tipica food like baleadas from these tipica huts called champas. It’s open to the public so anyone can come to see and the money raised from selling the food helps to support our school. Anyways, kids were being pulled out of class all day from all the classes so I basically taught math and reading today and that was about it. Its hard to teach a lesson when so many of your kids are going in and out. So the other hours they went early to recess, we went and played soccer in the cancha (field), and played games. We did do Mad Libs, part educational, part fun for language class! The day seemed kinda long because of the abnormal schedule. The communication on the part of the administration could be better though as far as what we are allowed to do with the kids, who has class and who doesn’t. I’m not very good at coming up with games on the fly or remembering ones that I know; I need resources! Haha. But I tried my best and let the kids give me suggestions as well. The day turned out pretty well and I think the kids enjoyed having more time to play and not have to take tests and be in the classroom all day.