Today was my first day of teaching at "La Escuela 711" in Urubamba. I'm co-teaching with a fellow Dukie, Hannah Arnold, and we lead two 90 minute classes a day. We taught class 5a and 5b today, incorporating a lot of "dynamicos," or icebreakers, into the lesson plan to get to know the kids and hopefully develop a sense of trust with our students. We brainstormed topics related to the environment and the English language with the students in order to gauge interest. We finished up our class by teaching the kids "Heads, shoulders, knees, and toes." Whoever left this jam off of Now 14 was clearly mistaken, because it was all the rage in Urubamba. Meester Chris and Miss Hannah were happy to say they accomplished all they wanted to on the first day.
Class went surprisingly well, and after, I hoofed it to my Spanish class on the other side of town. After an hour and half of Spanish with my teacher, Miriam, I took a moto-taxi back to my house (for the convenient fare of 1 sol, or 40 cents) to eat my "Pollo de Coca Cola."
It's been a really rewarding day, and I'm excited to get back to the classroom on Thursday, but tomorrow is our greenhouse day. We'll get the chance to start working in the greenhouse around 630am in order to prepare for a "market day." My host mom explained to me that market days (Wed, Fri, Sun) are extremely hectic in Urubamba because people flock to the local market from neighboring communities in order to take advantage of the fresh produce, poultry, and beef.
It's almost dinner time here, but I should be able to upload some good pictures tomorrow of the greenhouse and the local market!
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