Blogs from Comayagua, Central, Honduras, Central America Caribbean - page 8

So in the three days of teaching at El Alba I have learned many things. Here is a brief list I have compiled that will hopefully help someone like me in the future. 1 - Every class is the same due to the fact that they each have a teachers pet, at least one class clown, one very bitter student (who has it out for you no matter how much you help them) and at least two very quiet students who sit in the back. 2 - Most my students claim that the other students are either gay, illiterate, poor or a telephone. 3 - Never try to engage the class clown in a discussion by asking for an example of a metaphore as opposed to a simile, because his answer will most likely be "Ramon ... read more

So it turns out the guy who owns the internet cafe is named Tony and he is from New Jersey... Exit 7. He moved here with his internet business and managed to keep the Jersey accent. I hope I can keep my wonderful WNY accent, its already impressed the locals here in Central America. Anywho - to answer a few questions. 1 - Brian Zittle - Ruca was not left with the parents, I took her to Joyful rescues (www.joyfulrescues.com) and now my mom checks the website every day to see if she has been addopted. 2 - Al Dogs - I´m pretty sure they solved cancer here in Honduras. They are called Baleadas and they taste amazing. If they dont cure your cancer they DO go great with a fresh cup of pure Honduras coffee. ... read more

What a trip. It was truly an amazing time. I went back to visit Walter, old students, Honduran friends, teacher friends, and the mountains that I've missed so much. I won't give all the details of what I did but some highlights included: - Jogging through the streets with Walt, Kenny, and Bryan, followed by watching the guys playing bball in the park - Visit to the centre where I used to volunteer, where I got to visit again with my sponsored child - Walt hiring a Mariachi band to play for me in the street as we walked by - Bar nights at Morgan's and Villa Real that felt like I never left - Parties with my amazing students who have grown more than I can fathom in the last year - Spending lazy afternoons ... read more

buenas tardes!!! this week has been a continuation of the beautiful life here! monday i started staying after the kinder classes to teach preparatory classes to the 5-6 year olds to get them ready to go into grade one. the teacher just told me to teach whatever i thought was appropriate so weve started practicing letters and numbers. it started off beautifully, with all the children reciting their numbers back to me in perfect unison and some even helping others. within 15 minutes of the class though, there were pencil sword fights, someone was under the teachers desk balling his eyes out because someone else kicked him, the cutest and most mischievious twins ever were tag-teaming classroom mayhem with one dancing on the tables and stomping kids fingers and homework, while the other ran around ripping ... read more

Buenas dias!! Where to start... I got into the Hogar a couple days ago in a complete daze! It´s me and 2 other volunteers (kati and matt), and we´re all pretty much left to make our own agendas and help out wherever and whenever we want to. the frst week here they told me to float around and see what i like doing, and hopefully ill get a chance to work with the social worker and will start teaching english classes on Monday with kati, who´s been running them for 3 months already. The hogar is in a tiny dusty little village called La Villa San Antonio, and is separated into 3 houses on the block. theres casa dos, which is a house for the older boys, casa uno for the younger boys, which also has ... read more