Sunday, August 19, 2007

back to school



personally i think it is unfair that i have had homework for 2 weeks and every one at home is just coming home from vacation. the school we go to is called AISB(American international school of Bolivia) . There are 10 kids in my grade from 4 different countries and 3 different contents, we all go to the same classes and have the same schedule so it's impossible to get lost (almost). i probably have about 10 different classes over the whole week and our schedule is different every day which is crazy, but keeps it interesting. all but 2 of my classes our in English but the kids speak Spanish in the halls, it's amazing almost all the kids in the school can speak 2 or more laungues. i did try to take Mandrian... but what i didn't know was that it was taught in Spanish, so i was entirely lost, half the time i didn't even know what language they where speaking let alone what they where saying. but we talked to the princible and we decided i could help kindergartners instead.... that was not mush better, imagine 7+ 5 year olds all trying to explain the rules to a game to you in Spanish, and when you say you don't understand they just say it louder and louder until i had them all screaming at me, luckily they have short attention spans and went to all trying to fit on a slide platform that was 6feet tall and had an area of 2 square feet. why didn't i ever learn to say be careful or don't push her off the slide please?
so over all, all is well .I'm starting community service at an orphanage after school on Monday, so we'll see about that.

1 comment:

charliet said...

Keep up the communiques - please! Keep hiking and exploring - you'll all be in super shape after those altitudes. School sounds challenging - I'm sure you'll be amazed at how much you learn in a short time. Glad you are getting settled in - always a blessing to have a homeplace to hang your hat. Thanks for sharing. ct