Blogs from Comayagua, Central, Honduras, Central America Caribbean - page 6

My first week in Comayagua, Honduras has been truly amazing, although challenging at times. I am teaching the 1st grade at Escuela Bilingue Honduras. The school is very nice, especially for this area. The teachers have been so great and welcomed me right away. I believe there are around 40 teachers here altogether, but only about 10 are international. I was so excited to meet my class the first day, but not even half as excited as the kids were to meet me apparently. The first day I walked into the class I was completely swarmed by kids. By the end of the day, I had been asked a million questions about Canada, my family, my favourite colour, pets...everything you can imagine. They constantly tell me they love me, that they are happy that I am ... read more

Ever wonder what people are thinking on the other side of the the world? Chances are, if your reading this, you do. Well today is your lucky day, because the youth of Honduras has a message to send out to the world. To be more specific, my tenth grade English students have a message to send. I am confident you will find their views not to much different from those of North American teens. Please note that I have not altered any of these messages in any way. As a class, we worked together to grammatically improve our writing, they aren't perfect, but each student put a lot of heart into every thought. We now present them to you, the world. Please give them as much feedback as possible, as they will be reading your comments ... read more

If you ever find yourself wandering the countless intersections, laced throughout the streets of Comayagua, and you happen to stumble upon a corner pastry shop simply named "Coffee and Cakes," do yourself a favor and step inside. You will be pleasantly surprised. For just beyond eye shot of the countless cookies, cakes, tarts, parfaits, puddings, souffles, pies, and other pastries you will find yesterdays stale doughnuts. Chances are crusty croissants don't wet your appetite, assuming your ears aren't twice the length of your head, that is. What I mean is, rabbits love donuts. Especially those of the chocolate frosted variety. When you stop to think about it, it makes sense. The Cadbury bunny eats chocolate eggs, right? So why wouldn't these cuddly conies accompany their Caesar salads with a few surgery fried fritters? It is hard ... read more

"Meester, you vote for Barak Osama or Maaa... uh... Maaa como se dice? Ah jes, McCain." Was my greeting from a few students today. The election buzz didn't quite catch on as much as I had expected. The US government directly effects Honduras almost monthly. You wouldn't know it if you watched CNN, but George Bush meets with Manuel Zelaya quite often. One of my students, Ramon, did ask me about our nation's heroes. I told him that we have quite a few heroes; Abe Lincoln, George Washington, Teddy Roosevelt, John Kennedy, Harriet Tubman, Booker T, Washington, Hulk Hogan, and so on. "Jes, jes I know," He contested, without even flinching at the mention of the Hulkster, "But do joo have like ahh special name for dem?" "Well, we just call them heroes." "Joo don have ... read more

This week we are continuing last weeks exams. We spent the majority of last week on RED ALERT so that meant we only had two days of exams. Monday, Tuesday and Friday were spent watching movies and playing video games. The good news is that we all got paid on Wednesday. So I filled my fridge with all sorts of tasty treats. Cranberry juice, club soda, flour tortillas, beans, pepper jack cheese, green peppers, fresh milk, and chocolate. I think I covered all the bases. On Thursday a few of my 10th and 11th graders had a football game. El Alba technically doesn't have a team, however the 11th grade boys do belong to a league and their team name is El Alba... so we almost have a team. The way it was described to me ... read more