Today was our first day of teaching the students at the Air Force School. We went there directly after our classes at El Sol. The students welcomed us with food, drink, gifts, and dancing. First the younger girls came out and performed traditional Peruvian dance in colorful costumes. Then the older boys and girls came out and preformed a dance for us. At the end of their dance, they welcomed us all to get up and dance with them.
We then broke up into our groups. However, we unfortunately got to the school late and missed most of the time we had to teach the students. Also, the teacher of the class we were assigned to did not seem that interested in having us speak to the students and just had us sit in the back of the class while one student timidly stood in front and none of the other students paid any attention. It was pretty disappointing, and hopefully tomorrow we will have more time and the experience will be better.
After the classes we all gathered together and were lectured on the Spanish Conquest of Peru by a teacher from the Air Force School. We then had about half an hour extra to play on the grounds of the school, which was actually a lot of fun since it was like having recess for the first time in years.
The experience the school was nothing like I expected it to be, hopefully tomorrow will be better.
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| The girls dancing at the Air Force School |
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| The boys and girls dancing at the Air Force School |
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