We have passed the halfway mark! I gave them all a talk yesterday about paying attention to their benchmarks - I hope they are all on top of it, as we should have done a semester's worth by now.
Yesterday morning was a free morning, so you will have to ask your kids what they did. Some went up to Zunil and the volcanic hot springs via "chicken bus", others went back to Trama, the weaving cooperative, some to the Mercado Democracia.... I went to Copavic with Rosemary and Margaret - where a group of about 24 will go tomorrow. It is a glass-making cooperative, and you get to go in the factory and see them making glasses, glass elephants, pitchers... it was awesome.
Today we switched the La Pedrera/ Hogar orphanage groups, and played games, mostly. Some little kid made off with my deck of cards, but not before I taught him a couple of card tricks. Our kids did really well with all these little kids - soccer, drawing, tag games....
A few kids are going to a concert tonight of the Buena Vista Social Club... we'll get them home safely.
Tomorrow afternoon we leave for Antigua, then an EARLY - we rise at 4am - flight to Tikal, overnight in Tikal, back to Antigua, and we won't be back here until Monday afternoon, in time for lunch and classes... don't expect a lot of email or blog entries in that time - but I'll try to report on Monday.
3 comments:
Okay, we all want to know why you all look so miserable in the photo, and where is Katie?
I noticed that, too. Why is everyone looking so down. Do they miss McDonalds, video games and cable TV? Enquiring minds want to know...
I think the kids were all thinking about world peace and how they will make their impact.....and wondering where in the world is katie!
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