Grapes

Bueno. So Jeff and I have been teaching some English classes. He has an advanced group, we share a youth group, and I have a basic group. My basic group is a group of ladies who work at an NGO or have a friend who does. I never thought I would enjoy teaching English like I do with the youth group and my basic group. My ladies are the best. They range in age from 13 to in their 40s. There is 9 of them. We laugh a lot, they learn a little, I hope, and I learn a lot...about teaching. I am hoping to continue this class for 2 years because I always leave feeling really happy to be here. Our youth group happans on the same day before my class, and today we had 15 kids! They are from ages 6 to 13. The class starts at 3.30 and I get there at 3.20. The kids are always sitting in their seats, looking at the board ready to LEARN. It´s refreshing, but it also throws off my game a little. I get so flustered that they´re all there...waiting for me. Today we learned the song Head Shoulders Knees and Toes, and the people working at the NGO commented the rest of the day about the song. Good times. Who actually ever thought I would be standing at the head of a class singing? I would NEVER do that in the US. That is for elementary school teachers! But here I am...singing. When we were learning about fruit, the kids had a really really hard time saying grapes. It was acutally pretty funny. And super cute. It really sounded nothing like grapes...probably how I sound when speaking spanish! Anyways, thanks for everyone for writing and keeping in touch. Hope everyone had a great holiday or 6 (as we have in my family)! Va pues.