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Published: June 18th 2012
AH! Pirates!
This Pirate was insistent on taking pictures with all of us. Jaja. Crazy guy!June 15, 2012
Friday morning, much like any other, began with breakfast and heading to school. However, after our first class ended at 10:15, Yanina told us that we would not have any more classes for the day because we were leaving to go somewhere. So, we waited for Sr. Daniel to come get us (which was around 11:25, so we could have taught our second class), and we left to go to the fortress at the port in Callao called
Castillo de Real Felipe. This was the port where the Peruvians fought for their independence from Spain in the mid-1800's. We went to the top of The King's Tower, which is in the middle of the fortress and overlooks the entire port and mountains. We were able to see all the way over to Mira Flores! It was a wonderful view! The funniest part of this day was when we went walking down by the ocean (mind, none of us knew about this little adventure, so we were all dressed in teaching clothes... Erin was in heels!). Meredith tried skipping rocks, but they all just went "plunk." The rocks were really heavy in this area, so that's probably the
Nice view!
This is the view overlooking part of the port from the top of The King's Tower. reason it didn't work. Eventually, we found a rock that worked, and she was able to skip it several times. Nice job! :D
Then we headed back to Callao to have lunch and to teach at the language center in the evening. My advanced class was taking an exam the entire hour, so I didn't teach, but the basic class was just hysterical! We were continuing to talk about jobs and how to ask what someone's profession is and then all the vocabulary in connection with that. The first activity I did with them was kind of a disaster at first. Jaja. There were two circles of students, one inner and one outer. The outer circle moved around the inner circle
The King's Tower
Wonderful view of the port and the mountains! to create three different partner groups. The people on the outside asked questions, and the people on the inside had to answer them. Well, one student just wasn't understanding. He is the slowest in the class, but he's also one of my favorites because he tries so so so hard. When the circle rotated and I was his partner, I would correct his pronunciation and make him say his answers again. He would get so flustered and start laughing, so I would make him start over again. This caused the entire class to laugh (luckily WITH him, not AT him). He's such a character. When he finally got through all of the questions correctly, I gave him a huge high-five. (He didn't really understand this concept, but I think I got my message across that I was excited for him.) Another one of my favorite students in this class is one of the ladies in her twenties. She is a very hard worker, which shows through her speaking skills and willingness to participate. She always makes a point of staying after class to ask me questions and get clarification on the material. Why can't all students be like this? 😊
Mmm. Pollo!
(L-R): Me, Erin, Aimee, and Daniel enjoying pollo a la brasa. Another activity we played was kind of like a memory matching game. The students got really into this because they eventually started trying to come up to the board and change the order of students. There was one boy they were calling "picon" (sore loser) because he was going to win. Apparently he hates losing games and gets really upset when he loses. The boy who struggled with the other activity tried to sneak looks at the cards before flipping them over and then acted all innocent when I caught him red-handed. He's a goof. Anyway, because of this game, I didn't even get anywhere close to finishing what I was supposed to for the day. I was more excited about how much they wanted to participate! Their excitement to participate and talk with me made it completely worth it. 😊
To end the day, we went out to dinner with much of Sr. Daniel's family: Beatriz (his sister) and her husband (Francisco) and their daughter (Berrly); Roberto (his brother) and his wife; his mom; his son (Daniel, aka Danielito); Sr. Daniel, and we four girls (Aimee, Erin, Meredith, and me). We weny to a restaurant that serves
La familia!
Daniels brother, Roberto, and his wife at dinner. pollo a la brasa (which is fancy for "rotissoire chicken). It is one of the Peruvians' favorite foods. And I have to say, it is great! :D They serve it with fresh french fries and a salad. The french fries here are SO different than in the states. They are still fried, but you can actually TASTE the potato! Son deliciosas! :D
Mmm. Pollo.
Monique
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