Dear friends from Hive,
I have been away from my blog due to schoolwork. It was a very stressful trimester, but I got great grades, so it was worth the effort. Now that we are in a break, I can finally share with you some of my recent experiences.
Last Friday, before the break, my class was assigned to a small school (U.E. Dr. José María Vargas) in Cambalache, a low-income neighborhood in Puerto Ordaz, to do some community work.
We got 4th grade and we taught them the colors in English (among other things).
I think we did great. The kids liked our class; we played many games and had fun.
We were very nervous at first because the school is located at a remote part of the city. It looks very rural with dirt roads and half-built houses. We panicked when we got to the school area because there were high school students, bigger than us. We were like, wait a second, we were told we’d be working with little kids. Then, the bus kept going and we got to the elementary school section.
The kids were nice. They followed instructions (at least ours did; some of my classmates had to even chase theirs around the school) and we felt like grownups. It felt good to be able to teach something to little kids who probably do not get visitors very often. They were excited to have us.
I’m sure we got a good grade for this activity, but even if we do not, it was one of the nicest experiences in my school years.