wow so i've officially been in my site for a year...pretty amazing. so a few interesting things have been happening...
so i just found out that a few months ago the gossip going around was that i was pregnant but got an abortion...really? was i getting that fat? interesting...also the principal of my school may or may not have told the parents not to invite me to their kids' graduation parties...very sad....and supossedly i'm dating a kind of married guy. this is what happens in small towns where there is nothing else to do. and the fact that we are once again without power (it's been a month encounting...) doesn't help...it gets pretty boring.
the school year is over!!! yea!!! so the kids had their end of the year parties. at one of my schools the 6th graders had to wash the floor...but instead they decided to throw bags of water on each other. so i got to class and asked why are so many of you wet?? so they explained and then said, "profe, you won't get mad if we get you wet will you?" why of course not! so i joined in the water fight. we had a blast...it turned into trowing huge 5 gallon buckets of water on each other. i was soaked. none of the other teachers got in on the action...lame...but i had a blast. so i dripped my way back to la pavana...somehow the ride didn't seem nearly as hot...
this saturday is 6th grade graduation...i'm so excited! dec. 4th is preschool graduation at my other school and dec 10 is 6th graduation at my other school. it's going to be great...lots of food and lots of dances. i'm pumped.
my school's out schedule is as follows...
exercise group - monday, wednesday, friday
girls jewelry making group - monday
elementary english class - tuesday
high school/college english class - wednesday
story time/literacy lesson - thursday
it's going to be great! and somewhere in there i'll be working on HIV prevention, gardens and building a communal house...
so in my other town, they built a basketball/soccer/volleyball court...it's so sweet. so the other day i watched some guys play basketball...oh my it was the best thing i've ever seen. double dribbling, traveling half the court, apparently bball is now a contact sport, reaching in...doesn't exist. and shooting...well i think most 5 year olds shoot more correctly. so that is perfect because i have no problem playing with them. and hopefully they will let me teach them how to play...
well i guess that's it for now...i'll be home soon!!! love from nica
Monday, November 23, 2009
Thursday, November 5, 2009
is it really november
hello!!! i cannot believe it is already november. this is craziness! so i just spent the past 3 days in matagalpa at the black forest....modeled after the one in germany...for a workshop on hiv/aids. it was a great workshop but it was freezing and by freezing i mean the thermometer read 65. we all died. actually we made fires in the fireplace every night and were shaking during the day. for real i may turn into and ice cube while im home in december.
ok so updates...
a woman in my town and i put on a 3 part workshop on project design and management for about 25 people in my community. it was painful...im really glad we did it and im really glad its over. hopefully we will be putting together a committee to work on a community project. right now it looks like they want to do a community house but we'll see. i really hope we can accomplish it. fingers crossed!
school is winding down. the 27th is technically the last day of school but i doubt they will have school at all that last week. the graduation for one of my schools in teh 28th and the other school isnt until dec 10th. im going to miss my little 6th graders. ive been on them a lot lately about where they are going to study next year. so far it looks as though most of them are going to continue studying. at least they all tell me they are in fear of what i'll do if they tell me they arent going to high school...they may know me better than i think! haha. last week i read the magic school bus in the time of the dinosaurs. they liked it and actually were quiet the whole time (amazing) and they actually learned some stuff. i was impressed.
i still have some students who come over all the time to read and borrow books. it makes me super happy. although they get mad at me frequently because im gone so much...even if im just visiting a friend down the road. but they are super awesome.
my 5/6th grade english class is going alright. it got kinda small but they are super interested and would be at my house for hours learning english if i had the time. so i guess thats what matters. they absolutely love playing red light green light...even though none of them have probably ever seen a stop light in real life. hmmmm.
my other english class is going quite well... they just learned how to sing if i were a boy by byonce. they are cute. they also all have to sing songs as their english exam so we have been singing a lot lately.
another volunteer and i are planning a track and field day for youth and inbetween each even we are going to give a brief presentation about hiv/aids. we are both really really excited. we aren't actually doing it until jan 10 but it takes a long time to do all the paperwork necessary to get funds and all this other stuff. but we are getting really really excited.
halloween!!!! although most people in my town think that its devil worship and evil and whatever...i still celebrated and tried to convince everyone that it has nothing to do with worshiping the devil. a little kid dressed up like a demon isnt saying that he is in fact a demon any more than a little girl dressed up like a princess is actually a princess. speaking of princesses...another volunteer came up and went out with us and the 4 of us all dressed up like princesses. fancy dresses, really high skinny heels and tiaras. it was a blast. unfortunately there were no pumkins to carve...maybe next year. there was also no candy....huge bummer but i guess we got over it.
oh i got kicked by a cow the other day. yeah it was taking shelter under my roof overhang during some rain...i walked out to the latrine and as i walked out my door the stupid cow kicked me. jerk
so apparently there is a hurricane?? yeah it hit the atlantic coast...and yet here i am in managua and its not even raining. maybe the rain will still come...ill let you know but so far it has only affected the atlantic coast.
ill be home dec 15-29!!! ill be the puffy marshmellow person in 800 layers of clothes, scarves, mittens, hats, etc. please hug me
what else is going on in my life..oh i bought a used bike a few weeks ago. its the love of my life. i ride it all the time and this is what i hear all the time... "aren't you scared to ride to somotillo by yourself??" "what are you doing in the rain! you're going to die!" "so are you never going to ride the bus?" "fachenta! which is kinda like fancy/rich/snobby or something" (um yes you all have a bike too so shush it) "let me borrow your bike" i love my bike. its orange. and it gets me places so fast! instead of a 50 min walk, i have a 12 min bike. and i can get to somotillo in 17-20 mins and not have to worry about bus schedules! i can go whenever i feel like it! its great
hmmmmmmmm well i cant think of much else at this point. hope you are all doing well and ill see you soon!!! love from warm sunny nicaragua!
ok so updates...
a woman in my town and i put on a 3 part workshop on project design and management for about 25 people in my community. it was painful...im really glad we did it and im really glad its over. hopefully we will be putting together a committee to work on a community project. right now it looks like they want to do a community house but we'll see. i really hope we can accomplish it. fingers crossed!
school is winding down. the 27th is technically the last day of school but i doubt they will have school at all that last week. the graduation for one of my schools in teh 28th and the other school isnt until dec 10th. im going to miss my little 6th graders. ive been on them a lot lately about where they are going to study next year. so far it looks as though most of them are going to continue studying. at least they all tell me they are in fear of what i'll do if they tell me they arent going to high school...they may know me better than i think! haha. last week i read the magic school bus in the time of the dinosaurs. they liked it and actually were quiet the whole time (amazing) and they actually learned some stuff. i was impressed.
i still have some students who come over all the time to read and borrow books. it makes me super happy. although they get mad at me frequently because im gone so much...even if im just visiting a friend down the road. but they are super awesome.
my 5/6th grade english class is going alright. it got kinda small but they are super interested and would be at my house for hours learning english if i had the time. so i guess thats what matters. they absolutely love playing red light green light...even though none of them have probably ever seen a stop light in real life. hmmmm.
my other english class is going quite well... they just learned how to sing if i were a boy by byonce. they are cute. they also all have to sing songs as their english exam so we have been singing a lot lately.
another volunteer and i are planning a track and field day for youth and inbetween each even we are going to give a brief presentation about hiv/aids. we are both really really excited. we aren't actually doing it until jan 10 but it takes a long time to do all the paperwork necessary to get funds and all this other stuff. but we are getting really really excited.
halloween!!!! although most people in my town think that its devil worship and evil and whatever...i still celebrated and tried to convince everyone that it has nothing to do with worshiping the devil. a little kid dressed up like a demon isnt saying that he is in fact a demon any more than a little girl dressed up like a princess is actually a princess. speaking of princesses...another volunteer came up and went out with us and the 4 of us all dressed up like princesses. fancy dresses, really high skinny heels and tiaras. it was a blast. unfortunately there were no pumkins to carve...maybe next year. there was also no candy....huge bummer but i guess we got over it.
oh i got kicked by a cow the other day. yeah it was taking shelter under my roof overhang during some rain...i walked out to the latrine and as i walked out my door the stupid cow kicked me. jerk
so apparently there is a hurricane?? yeah it hit the atlantic coast...and yet here i am in managua and its not even raining. maybe the rain will still come...ill let you know but so far it has only affected the atlantic coast.
ill be home dec 15-29!!! ill be the puffy marshmellow person in 800 layers of clothes, scarves, mittens, hats, etc. please hug me
what else is going on in my life..oh i bought a used bike a few weeks ago. its the love of my life. i ride it all the time and this is what i hear all the time... "aren't you scared to ride to somotillo by yourself??" "what are you doing in the rain! you're going to die!" "so are you never going to ride the bus?" "fachenta! which is kinda like fancy/rich/snobby or something" (um yes you all have a bike too so shush it) "let me borrow your bike" i love my bike. its orange. and it gets me places so fast! instead of a 50 min walk, i have a 12 min bike. and i can get to somotillo in 17-20 mins and not have to worry about bus schedules! i can go whenever i feel like it! its great
hmmmmmmmm well i cant think of much else at this point. hope you are all doing well and ill see you soon!!! love from warm sunny nicaragua!
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