Since Emile is gone for the next week for his med school interview at UAB, I'll have plenty of time to blog/read etc. And I'm coming up with a list of things to do because I have Monday off of school and need to keep busy. So.
1. Lesson planning: lesson planning is difficult with these kids for several reasons. They don't come to school consistently or on time; they're all at different levels of English, and they have no concept of classroom behavior. So I need to come up with a few more "contingency plan" lessons when class gets out of hand, but I want to stick relatively close to curriculum. I also want to make class more competitive, since many of the students think of it more like summer camp anyway.
2. Make new food! Emile and I stick to the same foods, pretty much, and this week is an opportunity for me to try things in single serving portions, so I don't use much money and don't mess up on something that's supposed to feed us for two days. Like eggs poached in spicy tomato sauce, pico de gallo soup (with our leftover pico juices from taco night last night), and stuff with coconut milk maybe. Now I'm getting ahead of myself.
3. Box better. Shirley, a girl who works at the gym, has a boxing match this coming Friday, and I'm planning on going with a friend. We're going to be her paparazzi squad :) I'm hoping I get train with her some this week.
4. Photos - I need to use my camera more down here. The pictures I've taken on my nice camera are on google plus (they have better technology for downloading the picture with higher quality, god forbid stuff gets lost on my camera). Here's the address: https://plus.google.com/app/plus/mp/562/?source=mog&gl=ni#~loop:pid=115958913340297485960&alid=5782549216259368641&tot=60&title=August%252030%252C%25202012&view=album
Sorry that's so long. But the point is, that doesn't show much of San Juan. I got some fun shots of a parade the other day, but those will be up here/there later. Hasta luego!
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