hello!
It is now my third day here. Yesterday I feel like I did loads. In the morning i went to one of the Quaker schools near the city, called the 'Emma Canaday' school. I am going to be helping there on either Tuesdays or Thursdays, I can´t remember which! Emma Condori, the Bolivian english teacher teaches english there and i went into her lessons. I had to read out lists of words so the children could copy my accent! Oh dear, they´re all going to have warringtonian accents!
I went into two classes, in one class they were about 10 and in the other about 15. They were all very friendly and could speak more english than i could spanish! The school was all wood and cement and i had to stoop to bang my head on the roof in some parts. I am taller than almost all of the Bolivians! The school was really good although it didnt have any equipment other than a blackboard and a few benches in each classroom. The little children are just like any other kids, running round and hitting each other and laughing, and the older kids were funny too. The boys lounged at the back of the classroom trying to look cool and the girls all sat together at the front!
I am going to start teaching next week.
It is now my third day here. Yesterday I feel like I did loads. In the morning i went to one of the Quaker schools near the city, called the 'Emma Canaday' school. I am going to be helping there on either Tuesdays or Thursdays, I can´t remember which! Emma Condori, the Bolivian english teacher teaches english there and i went into her lessons. I had to read out lists of words so the children could copy my accent! Oh dear, they´re all going to have warringtonian accents!
I went into two classes, in one class they were about 10 and in the other about 15. They were all very friendly and could speak more english than i could spanish! The school was all wood and cement and i had to stoop to bang my head on the roof in some parts. I am taller than almost all of the Bolivians! The school was really good although it didnt have any equipment other than a blackboard and a few benches in each classroom. The little children are just like any other kids, running round and hitting each other and laughing, and the older kids were funny too. The boys lounged at the back of the classroom trying to look cool and the girls all sat together at the front!
I am going to start teaching next week.
P.S. The bolivian lady in the pic is Emma Condori, the english teacher here and who is showing me around.
On the way back into the city i bumped into a huge crowd. I know i have been told to stay away from large groups of people but this was ok! Today is 'Dia del Mar' - the day of the sea, and commemorates when they lost the sea to Chile. They still want it back. The president Evo Morales was around somewhere, and everyone was really excited to see him. The people here in Bolivia love him; he has made really good changes for the people since he has been in power and i think everyone has a sense that things are changing for the better. There were the Aymarans and the middle classes and old people and young kids and teenagers who had turned tout to see him. Everyone here gets involved in politics and it is really great to see people caring.
Anyway i am going to see the whole proper procession now!
On the way back into the city i bumped into a huge crowd. I know i have been told to stay away from large groups of people but this was ok! Today is 'Dia del Mar' - the day of the sea, and commemorates when they lost the sea to Chile. They still want it back. The president Evo Morales was around somewhere, and everyone was really excited to see him. The people here in Bolivia love him; he has made really good changes for the people since he has been in power and i think everyone has a sense that things are changing for the better. There were the Aymarans and the middle classes and old people and young kids and teenagers who had turned tout to see him. Everyone here gets involved in politics and it is really great to see people caring.
Anyway i am going to see the whole proper procession now!
2 comments:
Hi Hannah! Great to see more pictures and get a feel for where you are, particularly the one of the English Teacher, Emma - perhaps you could teach her to say "cheese!" I thought you would get a few days sight seeing but it sounds like you are getting stuck right in already, teaching Warringtonian! Hope you enjoyed the procession and got to see the President. If there is any school equipment that you would suggest would be of benefit during your time out there which you could leave behind as a legacy do let us know and I am sure your bloggers - (is that the right word?!) would be able to co-ordinate something from the UK. Adiós hija. Momia del amor. xx PS I agree you are tall!
Hello Hannah, this is going to be a very interesting blog methinks. And you're not so far from Peru to check on marmalade eating bears!
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