Last week was the official end of my English adventure. Although, many have asked if I am going to continue or if I'm going to teach another class...my response is always the same..."Puede ser" ("Maybe") even though I 100% know that the answer is a big fat NO! It's just such a Paraguayan response to not want to disappoint people.. yay! Integration.
Anyway, I had a graduation ceremony which included certificates for all the kids who completed the course. I wanted it to be a small event with just Leti and I, and our students and any parents that were interested in coming. I thought the directora understood that. well... she didn't. Without letting me know, she went on the radio to advertise and invited any parent of any student in the whole school to come (at the wrong time of course) and also had the entire school watch as I handed out certificates! WHAT?! I was completely unprepared for that. Peace Corps flexibility at its finest, I'll say! So I made a speech in front the whole entire school, fine. And it actually went well and looked SUPER lindo, thank God! We took a million photos and the directora even gave Leti and I little gifts for appreciation (A very very nice wallet!). I bought some little snacks and made chocolate chip cookies, which were gone in a matter of seconds!
And I was able to advertise my Vamos Viajeros camp which I'm going to do again this summer. It was actually kind of funny because at first the kids thought I was actually going to be taking them to other countries...what a nightmare. I had to make sure that everyone understood that we were just learning about different cultures not actually traveling to them hahaha.
I finally had my one-year visit from my boss (after being in site for close to a year and half...oops). It went well. We basically just had a little interview chat portion then I took her to visit some of my contacts. She talked to the directora of my school and also to my host mom which was nice. The directora of the school gave amazing feedback and made me feel like a million dollars. They had the meeting with my boss without me being there so that they feel like they can be more candid, and she was asked to describe me in five words and she chose Active. Responsible. Creative. Flexible and that I manage a classroom very well! HIGH-FIVE TO ME! So I'm definitely looking into what other work I can now do in the school, since I seem to have a great relationship.
It was just so wonderful because we obviously went to the school so that my boss could chat with the directora and all of my students were on recess and they just ran up to me and were telling me how much they missed me (granted it had been 4 days since we ended our class haha) and my boss even asked one of the students what her name was in English and she was able to respond perfectly (WOO SUCCESS!) so that was awesome.
good vibes all around, right now. The next 7 months will FLY by I'm sure of it.
This really is so refreshing to read. I love the recaps and updates, dear Ambyr! Keep up the good work and take in as much as possible before you leave.... 7 months will come in the blink of an eye! Love ya, DAD
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