Yes, I am in LOVE with Tegucigalpa ((Sorry Issac)). Not only the city, but the people and the children! Today was my first day with the students and it was such an amazing experience. I wish that I could stay here forever! The school schedule is very different here. Homeroom teachers only teach science, reading, writing, and spelling. There is a huge emphasis (from what I have seen so far) on grammar. There are separate teachers for the MANY electives and math classes. The school I am at is a bilingual school, so we teach in English for all subjects except for when they have Spanish class once a day for 40 minutes. So the homeroom teachers really only teach four classes and then guess what.... After those four classes, they plan and hang around the teachers lounge! Can you imagine if we had days like that in the states? I was laughing at them because they were complaining about teaching the four classes in a row!!! They are only 40 minute classes... so that is only about two and a half hours of teaching and then they are done! I explained our "typical" schedule to the teachers and they were shocked! Lol I told them not to complain about how long they have to teach around me!!!
Since it is late I am going to end here today, but I promise to have lots of pictures and more about the city tomorrow! Buenos noches mis amores!
Sounds like a GREAT school day to me! Looks like you are having a blast! Enjoy each moment, it will go by so fast!
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