Teaching English here in Trejo hasn´t been easy. Despite the fact that many request classes and help with English, the schools are not very eager to work with us. Originally we wanted to work with the elementary school students, but when we went to volunteer our time, they turned us down. Evidently they have an English teacher, and she is relatively new and doesn´t want our help. I think she is worried that we will supplant her or cast a bad light on her if we teach better than she does. I feel that it is a bit silly to refuse help from native speaker and hope that I will never refuse free help.
So, having been rejected from the elementary school, we went to the kindergarten and the middle school. Turns out the kinder has a greater need for physical help. So, we will be painting the walls, floor, and building a display board.
With our feet dragging a little behind us we follow the umbrellas of the mothers dropping off lunches to the middle school. Here they took us up on our offer. Evidently the students last year left a good impression.
I will be helping teach for two hours on Wednesday and Natalie and Chris will be helping out for two hours the rest of the days of the week. We are curious and excited to get started.
I also am helping out with some private lessons. Tonight, I taught a high school student. Her name is Marvella. The book she is learning with is adequate, but a bit confusing. She says her teacher only teaches out of the book and never explains things out of the book. I am fairly certain the teacher is not comfortable with her subject and offered to help her on Thursday afternoon. She has a test on Friday.
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