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South America » Chile » O Higgins » Rancagua June 13th 2009

First week of school is done and over with. What an experience. It's nice to finally get back into a routine again, even if it is still a little uncertain. I'm teaching eight different classes at the Liceo Comercial Diego Portales. It's a public high school just outside "downtown" Rancagua. I say "downtown" because Rancagua is a very small city, and the downtown area reminds me of an older Mercer Island, just in layout, not in content. It's a wonderful place, and I'm obviously still getting to know it, but I think that six months here is going to be awesome. So I'm teaching eight classes, four ninth grade, three tenth grade, and one eleventh grade. Per the rule of the Ministry of Education I also have to teach two workshops a week, so I have ... read more

South America » Chile » O Higgins » Rancagua June 8th 2009

Today was my first day at school, I'm teaching high school at the Liseo Comercial in "downtown" Rancagua. I woke up super early today and went with my host mom to the school. She's a history teacher there, so we went in together. My teacher has a late start on Monday's, he doesn't need to be there until 12.30, so I was kind of passed around and different people took me to classes and showed me around. I went to a class of sophomore's with one of the other English teachers and talked to them about myself and they asked me questions. My favorite was when they asked me about my sisters, because I told them I had two, and one of the boys asked me if they were as pretty as I was, and I ... read more

South America » Chile » O Higgins » Rancagua June 6th 2009

First day at the host family's house! They have been absolutely wonderful so far. I am living in the city of Rancagua, which is in the Sixth Region of Chile, just about one and a half hours south of Santiago. I'm going to start my week of observation in my school on Monday, and I will be teaching high schoolers, but I'm not yet sure what age. We just spent the last week in a hostel in Santiago with all the other crazy peeps who are here teaching, and last night they prepared a traditional Chilean asado (barbecue) for us all. It was pretty bomb food, and then turned into a crazy dance party. Rio and Petra, two of the program coordinators, were tearing up the dance floor. I loved. My host family consists of three ... read more
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