ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER BLOG POST

This morning, Ally and I left the apartment at 8:10 in order to drop our clothes off at the Laundromat and still get to school on time. The place was only a few blocks away so when we got there it was closed. We weren't sure of when it would be open so rather than risk it, we decided to continue to school. Unlike the wise Alexandra, who put her dirty laundry in a duffel bag, I put my dirty clothes into a see through plastic bag. Not wanting to schlep the bag around, I decided to go back to the apartment and drop it off while Ally went to exchange money. Silly me for thinking I could be independent!! I got very lost, for a very long time. I'm not quite sure what happened --I tend to blackout in times of distress-- but I somehow managed to find a different laundromat, drop off my clothes, ask my way to the right street, and find the school! My only concern now is finding the laundromat again tomorrow....

After an already stressful morning, our grammar class began to learn new material that I had never been exposed to in high school or college. It was hard to pick up on some of the sentence structures at first, but by the end of class I think I was beginning to get the hang of things.

Although our school day was over as students, but was just beginning as teachers! Hungry for redemption, we arrived at FAP only 15 minutes late as opposed to the 30 minutes we took yesterday. Again, there was a band of school children waiting to escort us to our classrooms. As we walked across the playground, all of the children poked their heads out of the class room windows to greet us.

Each day, we change class rooms and topics. Today, our group focused on the major tourist attractions found in the United States. Before we started, five of our students gave us a quick presentation on Machu Pichu. Much to our surprise, none of them had actually visited to the cite. After their presentation, we talked about New York, Disney Land, the White House, etc.. We then broke up into small groups and answered their questions regarding the US. My favorite question one student asked one us was "Do you know of the Mormon religion?"

Tomorrow instead of teaching, we will be playing a game of fútbol, us vs. the students! Stay tuned...