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Published: August 25th 2006
So this morning we were told there was a meeting (professional development) all day. We arrived, only to find out that the entire thing was in Spanish. I had to sit through an hour and a half of some man speaking spanish and I had NO clue what he was saying. Ok... that's a lie. I understood the words 'but', and 'drunk'. Lovely I know. I was pissed. At the coffee break, a bunch of us went up to Cesar and told him we weren't doing that the rest of the day. He was fine with that.
I finished my room. I'll post all my before and after pics for ya. I also met one of my students today! her name is Angela Julissa (I have two Angelas in my class), pronounced "On-hey-la". She was SO cute. Very shy. Her mother was very nice too. She asked that her daughter sit in the front because she needs to pay attention. She said if she sits in the back she will talk. She said this all in Spanish and I had Chris there to translate but I actually understood her when she asked that. I don't know how but I did
somehow. Anyways, I took them up to the classroom and let Angela pick which seat she wanted to sit in up in the front row. I asked her if she was excited for school. She said no. Too cute. I told her that we'd be having lots of fun this year and not to worry.
Another teacher also arrived today. He's a returning teacher from last year. His name is Donray, and he's from Phillidelphia. He'll be teaching highschool Math, and coaching the brand new basketball team. He and Chris are good friends from last year, so he'll be living in the green house with Chris, Jeff, and Kari... lucky Kari with all the boys 😉
Tonight we had to head back to the school for a "parents meeting". We were all under the impression that we were being introduced to the parents of the highschool aged students. This was not the case. It was the same Spanish speaker giving a talk to parents about Sexual Education. It was about an hour long and was all in spanish. I was again very frustrated that we were told to be there.
Afterwards Jenna, Chris and I went to
Wendy's for dinner, while the others went to Plaza Colonial. We met up with them after for a beer. While there we saw a guy who's 6'8". We were very impressed, as Jill has been the tallest person in Honduras so far. Jenna and I went over and got him, brought him back and took a pic with him and Jill. Jill was all angry or something. We're not sure. Kari, Jenna, and I were all joking that we'd take him for ourselves. lol
Anyways, enjoy the pics. Oh ya, and if you're reading this, please leave a comment. My favourite part of the day is reading those comments, plus then I know who's reading it!
Hugs and Kisses to you all!
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Heather Bernknopf
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why are you so darn cute?
Your classroom is adorable. I am going in tomorrow to start setting up. I have 3 seperate classrooms so I have one wall in each class. Fun eh? Not much going on here. I can't believe we are done camp already. I can't believe school starts in a week and a half. EEK! I am glad you are having so much fun. I am jealous that I am not away somewhere again. I may need to go away again.....and soon. I'll tell Adam that it's your fault! ;) Miss you lots Sar!