Monday morning rolls around and it's time to start teaching. I teach at isabelita school which is a little school of about 40 children. We got there and found that many of the kids were two years old. We split off into groups and started teaching our rotations. Let me tell you, it was chaos.. There were at least two children crying at all times. I found that my lessons actually went rather well considering the circumstances. The other teachers taught later in the day at another school and by the time they returned more than half of them wanted to go home. It's true what they say about the kids in the Dominican Republic. They are adorable, but little devils when they want to be. They are crazy!!
The Dominican People are extremely laid back which is awesome and leads to happy people, but it's very hard to organize teaching times. I was really lucky to get the school I have. It's a tiny two room school with one mud floor, but the kids are not as crazy as the others.
My second day of teaching was not as successful for me. I was put with two year olds to start and then moved right up to the older kids. The older kids were crazy! They were much harder to keep under control, but we made it! I was hit a few times and they called me names in Spanish I couldn't understand but I got them to say a few words in English so I would say that's a win. After teaching we went out and explored the town with our friend Mario. He showed us all around where he used to live. We stopped by a museum and a few other cool attractions. Oh! And we got to feed pigeons in there Central Park. It was so cool!! Feed the birds ten pesos a bag. Haha We also stopped by an amazing frozen yogurt place. You choice the fruits and then they make it right there. It was the best treat yet! We walked a total of about six miles which made for a long day, but it was worth it!
Today was the third day of teaching. I feel like it was my worst so far... My throat hurt from trying to talk over everyone the past two days. When we got there many of the kids were crying and it just got worse. Luckily the time went by fairly quickly and I made it through without a complete mental breakdown. Tomorrow the kids are coming to the classroom that is below our apartment so it should be much better. There will be enough space to spread out and actually have our own lessons. I'm so excited!!
Adventures of the days: dealing with many screaming children, being followed by creepy men yelling how much they love us, witnessing a moto accident, and feeding pigeons.
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