Thursday was our last afternoon at the school. It was the children’s last day of school before a 2 week vacation, too. (Their school year runs January - December.) Everyone was celebrating and we
were invited to a classroom party by the sixth graders. It was hard for most of our students to leave
behind these kids that just clung on them looking for love and attention. Our students were touched by just a few days
spent with them and it was hard to say good bye.
In the morning we went to the special education
school, and for some of the students to see the children with disabilities was
also hard. However, the interaction was
dynamic: they played cards and bingo in the cafeteria; swung and slid at the
playground.
In the evening Colleen expressed how hard had been
the day for her. Too many emotions, but
I found a way to reward them with a concert: “We Banjo 3,” an Irish group here
in San Andrés. We had a nice evening,
students identified with the music, and they danced all their energy out.
Today Friday, they spent the morning researching at
the university library and the afternoon was FREE, so they cannot complain
anymore about me not having a sense of “free time”.
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