Irapuato- Inaeba, Nap, sick

I was taking a photo of the sign outside when the lady sweeping asked if I needed a model. I said sure and we took a picture together.

So, once again we are waiting at Inaeba. While we are waiting a man talks to us about how he became part of this government service organization. He worked at a coca-cola company for around 20 years. He did checks on the chemicals and pressures of the bottles. But, there was a change in leadership and they now asked that all the people in his position be engineers. So, he went back to school and continued working. Then God came to him. He had gone back to school at around the age of forty. And he knew that his purpose,what filled him with happiness and faith and a reason to get up every morning, was to help others who are older to gain an education. So, one day he told his boss that he was going to quit. He was in a very prestigious position, and his boss told him to think about it for a week. At the end of the week he quit and started working for Inaeba.

We were told that yesterday Alejandra had forgotten about a conference she had to go to and we would have to wait until 12.

To fill time we were told another story by Manuel. He asked us if we were happy and talked about how important it is to have motivation and purpose.

There once was a man at home who told his wife that he thought he was dead. She grabbed hold of his hand and touched it to his arm, head, and foot and then asked him if his skin felt warm or cold. He said that it felt warm. 

"That's right" she told him.

 "If you were dead you would feel cold not warm."

This idea stuck in his head and a week later he was out chopping wood in the snow when the impression came over him again. "I am dead," he said to himself. He took his glove off and felt his arm. It was cold. he felt his head. It was also cold. Lastly he slipped off his boot and felt his foot. It was also cold. I must be dead he thought to himself. Well, he thought it is bad for the dead to be walking, and so he laid down in the snow. 

Along came a group of wolves from the forest. They slithered around him and attacked and ate his horse. What a pity he thought to himself. If I were alive I would do something to stop these wolves. The wolves slunk off except for one who doubled back and attacked and ate the man laying in the snow. And so the man died.

The moral of this story is that we need a reason to act. We need to feel purpose in our lives or we might as well lay in the snow and die.

Here we are waiting in the office.

We were still waiting at noon so went and got lunch in the Mega grocery story lunch line.

Alena and Marissa eating lunch.

I always try a new candy when I go to the grocery store. I feel that practically all the candies I don't know have this weird chile pepperish flavoring called Tamarindo. This cand winis was no exception. But, it wasn't bad. I really like the Mango flavored one.

Then we went back to the Inaeba and were capacitated on the Language learning program by Alejandra.

We are such serious students...okay maybe not. :)

 Afterwards, we left to the mall. Matt need to get our phones working. We drifted around before heading back. This is some graffiti I saw from the taxi.

I kind of crashed when we got back. I am a bit sick. My throught hurts.
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Notes from Inaeba:

We will be using a system developed by Pablo Freyre. Who developed it in Brazil. It was first sucessfuly used in Chile.

The method is Palabra Generadora = word generator

The model we will be using is called Mevyt.

There are two books.

The purpose of teaching when it comes to adults is to help them use what they learn immediately. Make the lessons very applicable.

The base is to learn to read using 12 words:

Iniciar	Intermedio	Avanzado
Nombre, Presentacion	1-30	31-100
Pala	Basura	Mercado
Piñata	Medicina	Trabajo
Familia	Casa	Tortilla
	Vacuna	Leche
	Cantina	Guitarra
		Mexico

Seven step model:

1. Dialogo sobre la palabra y su significado
2. Separacioon en silabas y presentacion de familias silabicas
3. Formacion de palabras con significado
4. Integracion de elementos funcionales del lenguaje escrito
5. Integracion y produccion de texto significativos
6. Asignacion y revision de tareas
7. Reflexion y evaluacion del avance