Days Six: March 26 2012

Today was the first day in the schools.  It was a pretty uneventful day because the high school was being used as a testing site for the primary schools.  The test is used for the secondary schools to determine which students can go to that school.  On the island of San Pedro, there is only one high school so that test doesnt do that much for them, but it means a lot on the main land.  A high school can say that they will only admit students who get an 80% or better on their exam, so that pushes students on the main land to do as well as they need to in order to attend the high school they want.  Since the high schoolers are already attend their high school of choice, they didnt have class today.  Colin, Tony, Jessica and myself hung out at the school today to be there to help in anyway we could.  There wasnt too much for us to do but we still met some great teachers and students. 

After  we left school, we came back to Pedro's and had a meeting to discuss our days.  It was really interesting to talk to the primary interns to hear how their days were.  I can already tell that classroom management is the main issue in the classroom here.  That leaves me with a little anxiety about what tomorrow will bring.  Our meeting lasted about an hour and then we went to dinner.  We went to a place called Narry's, and that is probably the cheapest place to eat on the island.  I had two chicken empanadas and a tostada for one US dollar! Tasty and cheap... cant beat that! After dinner went to get ice cream and I got the coconut again :) So yummy! We met two little boys who were around the age of eight who go there to play at the arcade.  They were so cute and their favorite subject in school was MATH! Colin bought them ice cream and he has friends for life! 

I am off to bed but I am looking forward to my first real day tomorrow!