We learned yesterday the sad news that our gigantic guinea pig Dono, who many of you have met, died. Allie was kind enough to be caring for him, and we know she did a great job. He lived a very long life for a guinea pig so his death was not unexpected. It does seem strange that we are now a household without pets for the first time ever. maybe fish next??????
the work here continues, I feel some increased ease and confidence in the classroom. It is brutally hot and humid, we are drenched at the end of each class. the acoutics are awful and the students are soft spoken, so its a challenge to hear what's going on. The students are mostly bright and inquisitive, but some are very shy and not anxious to use their English skills.Most have decent English, although they are not very used to conversation. I have switched to having them talk more and me talk less(now that really is a switch!). One of yesterday's groups discussed how to handle stress! Somethings really are universal.
Off to Skype with Evan & Shari, then a morning meeting, breakfast, and off to work we go!
Feeling better about teaching,
Barbara
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