Seis Semanas en Rivas

Hello again! Over the past week my fellowship has come to an end, but before that, a lot of good things happened, so I'll catch you up. My final week at Santo Domingo was, in fact, the first time in which I taught the whole five days of the school week because the other weeks were interrupted by school being out of session because of exams and the political troubles. And since exams had already happened, my last classes with the students were mostly fun, learning things that interested them. In my class with my 10th graders we translated the song "Perfect" by Ed Sheeran into Spanish. Then with my 5th and 6th graders we learned the alphabet song. It was really a pleasure to teach these students during these weeks. A couple students have already reached out to me since I left on Monday asking me for help with their English work! Enjoy this video of my seventh graders learning the parts of the body. Then, here are a couple of other miscellaneous pictures on my pho

 Hello again, Over the past couple of weeks, school has been meeting regularly for the first time in about a month, so I've finally been able to teach with some regularity. My regular day begins at 5:30 when I wake up and have coffee and bread for breakfast with my host dad, José Ramón, and my brother, Daniel. Then at 6:30 José Ramón drives me a couple of blocks away to the bus stop where I board a van full of students that goes from Tola to Rivas that drops me off at Santo Domingo. Then, on most days I am teaching English from 7:00 until 11:30, followed by a one hour break for lunch. After that, I teach again until 4:30. Then I go home on the public bus which is actually an old school bus from the United States, so it's usually extremely cramped when it's filled to the point that people are standing in the aisles. After getting home, I usually help cook dinner, eat and watch a movie with José Ramón and Daniel. Then I go to bed around ten. I'm currently teach