After traveling around Costa Rica for a couple of days, it was hard to get back into the mind set of teaching again. For the past couple of days, Torrey, Megan, Kendall, Lauren, and I have gone to Arenal, Monteverde, and Mai Pais. On Sunday, we began our adventure to Nicoya and might I add that it was quite the adventure. Let’s just say it was ´team building!´
For the next five weeks, I will be living with Karla. I also have the opportunity to work with her at school. Torrey and I are working with her teaching the 4th, 5th, and 6th graders English. Each grade has about 20 students in it. The first day was a little rough. Even though I have been here for about 5 days, yesterday was the first time that the language barrier really hit. The day was also cut short because the faculty had to meet for a couple of hours. We were only able to meet with the 6th graders.
The four other student teachers and I walked to the center of town and explored. After the second day of school (today), I felt much better. We spend the entire day at school, but we were only able to meet with the 4th and 6th graders because there was an assembly during the time we were supposed to meet with the 5th. The high school English teacher gave me, Torrey, and Kendall Spanish lessons today. I hope to have these each day. I can already tell that it has made a difference!
The school is wonderful. The classrooms are all in buildings, but they are very open. Guess it needs to be since it is so hot! There is a wonderful cafeteria. The cook cooks everything fresh and served hot! Empanadas have become my new favorite food!
I look forward to what the next the five weeks will bring!
**The following pictures are of our travels before coming to Nicoya!
