Blogs from Comayagua, Central, Honduras, Central America Caribbean - page 9

Tonight was my despedida with my students. "Despedida" literally translates in English as "Goodbye" but it's the word they use for their farewell parties. I invited my students over to my house. About half of them came, which was fun. We played hide and seek, danced in the living room, ate baked goods, ordered pizza, and watched the video I made them. It was fun. Received a few gifts as well. Favourite was a frame with a message in it from a student. Her English is so poor but so cute. A small excerpt: "i know that you will remenber that we are friend 4ever because i will remember you like my best friend no like a teacher... I love you like you arefrom my family." Adorable. Despite the rain and grossness of the weather, ... read more

I realize I still have to update and write about Days 11 and 12. I started to lastnight but felt REALLY ill so I stopped. I had already checked into a hostel but decided to leave and find a place with a private room and bath, as I felt ill and thought it'd be better for resting. Good thing I did too. I spent my entire evening on the toilet or throwing up into a bucket. I finally went to a Pharmacy, had the man take my temperature (yes, I had a bit of a fever), then bought some sort of medicin from him. Once I took the medicine, the puking stopped but the shitting did not. I was up pretty much all night, but the nice thing was, it stopped for my 12 hours of ... read more

Netter, I have decided to post you some beautiful pics of the mango tree in my backyard. We have an over-abundance of mangos. I hate to say Netter, more of them rot than we eat. There are just too many. And to be honest, I'm not really a fan of mangoes. I also am slightly scared to go out in the backyard, as I have almost been killed by fruiting twice. No, seriously... they have missed my head by about a foot. They also wake me up when they fall, dropping onto the tin roof over our washing machine. That's scary. Big booms. Someone is going to get hurt one of these days. Actually, Chris was lying in his hammock and did have one drop on his chest, leaving a fairly significant bruise apparently. lol. Enjoy ... read more

Today was a really good day for our class. First were the Birthday Cards for Shane. A little while ago my mom sent me an e-mail about a posting she had seen at the gym about a boy who was undergoing chemotherapy for leukemia and his only wish for his 8th birthday was to receive 35 million birthday cards, and break the world record. I thought it was a cute idea but didn't give it much more thought. That was, until I saw the groups created on Facebook, and then did some research and found ALL kinds of websites dedicated to the cause. I couldn't believe it. I also started recieving messages from friends in Canada saying that their entire school board was taking place in the event. This made me excited and I decided ... read more

Here´s the update: Cesar has decided to take an extended weekend without any of us knowing. There are rumours that his mother is very sick. I had my class write ¨What I have learned in Grade 3 so far¨ and got some interesting responses. New approach to class (taken from Meg who took it from Donray). Every class is worth 8 marks for participation. Every student starts with 8 points. If they do not have the homework finished from the day before they lose 2 points. If they are not prepared with the proper materials for class they lose 2 points. During the class if they are doing anything they shouldn´t be doing (chewing gum, talking, out of their seat, etc.) they lose another point. EVERY class will have these marks. This new participation mark will ... read more