Guatemala – Days 4-5, May 8th-9th
Day 4: Second day of English and After school camps
The elementary students learned some key emotions in English, like happy, sad, tired, and angry, while we learned what it was like to slowly melt in a combination of constant direct sunlight and high humidity.
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- The “puente” by Dona Olivia’s home
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- Dona Olivia’s
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- Velma washes dishes right before dinner
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- The elementary students sing the Guatemalan national anthem
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- Kids play a game involving fly swatters
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- Us teaching the emotions
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- A view from outside the 2nd grade classroom
Day 5: Mother’s Day Celebration
In lieu of classes, the elementary school had their Mother’s Day festivities. Dances were performed, poetry was recited (shouted, really), and the school walls were littered with decorations professing love and admiration of mothers. These mothers and mothers of mothers sat in the audience, and were persuaded to participate through contests. They even roped us in to come up with an impromptu contest. We panicked, but we managed to come up with something adequately embarrassing for the competing mothers, and fun for the audience.
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- Everybody waits for the hair-braiding contest to begin
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- The mothers settle down in their seats
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- The girls show off their dance
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- Ariel chills with trip goers during set-up
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- Rafa poses in his Mother’s Day swag
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- The girls show off their dance, with some aid from Marisol, their teacher
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- Some students sit to the side and watch the performances
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- All hands on deck to get the “stage” squared away