Taking photos of the sunrise over Castilleja de Guzman this morning was a great way to start the last day of my first week of teaching. It's been a week full of questions. Questions from me about what time the bus comes, how to use the coffee machine and where the classrooms are. Questions from the kids about how old I am, what my favorite color is, what my favorite animal is, and if I have a boyfriend. The last question always being the final one and always asked between uncontrollable giggles. It's also been a week of adaptation. Me adapting to communicating in Spanish again (because while I'm not supposed to speak Spanish with the kids, I still use it to talk with the teachers outside of the classroom) and the kids adapting to my American accent. Most of their exposure to spoken English has come from their teachers, who speak it as a second language and therefore with a Spanish accent or from audiotapes recorded by British English speakers...in other words I might as well be speaking Russian to them. I've just been trying to speak very slowly and repeat myself often; they'll pick up on my accent in time. I've had an amazing experience so far and I think the kids have been excited to have me at their school. They're always waving in the halls and are eager to introduce themselves and ask "how are you?" I look forward to next week and can't wait to see what else is in store for me this year.
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