Friday July 3rd we celebrated Día
del Maestro.* The celebrations included a two hour show run by the
graduating class at the high school that contained skits and dances by various
grade levels. We teachers got snacks while we watched the show. There was also
a gift for each teacher presented by the students. They called us up by name to
receive our gifts. My favorite moment of the day was when my name was called
and the elementary school students made a whole lot of noise. One of the
benefits of teaching the whole school is that all the kids know you. Profe
Jesús, the gym teacher, got a similarly loud response.
The last performance was a song/dance and
students came out to bring the teachers up to dance with them. I stowed my
camera away to dance with some of my 4th graders.
After the show, school let out early and the
teachers all walked to the high school where there was a lunch. Lunch was
superb. The dish was chicharrón (fried pork), which is a speciality of
this region. There was plenty of soda. Each setting also had a beer, a wine
glass (for sangría), and there was a bottle of pisco every 4 seats or so. It
turned out to be way more booze than needed. It was quite the lunch. My mother
- former teacher, former principal, and now principal leader in BPS – told me
not to expect such extravagance if I teach in the US. It almost makes me
reconsider looking into Education programs when I finish JVC. If my employer
won't buy me fancy food and three kinds of booze once a year, what's the point?
To wrap this post up, here are picture of
most of my co-workers at the elementary school. It's not all of them, but these
are the faces I see every day. I am blessed to work with them.
*Then we celebrated it again on Monday the 6th
by having the day off.
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| Profe Ambar - 1st grade |
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| Profe Yéssica - 3rd grade |
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| Profe Heriqueta - Directora |
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| Profe Bestabeth - 2nd grade |
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| Bertha - Lab Science at the high school and the JVs' go to for medical problems |
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| Profe Maika - 5th grade |
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| Profe Nieves - 3rd grade |
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| Profe Livia - 1st grade |
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| Profe Carlos - 6th grade |
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| Profe Teófilo - 5th grade |
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| My man Profe Jesús - phys ed. The only other teacher at Primaria who works with all the classrooms. |
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| Padre Eddy - the big boss |
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| Salud! |
Friday July 3rd we celebrated Día
del Maestro.* The celebrations included a two hour show run by the
graduating class at the high school that contained skits and dances by various
grade levels. We teachers got snacks while we watched the show. There was also
a gift for each teacher presented by the students. They called us up by name to
receive our gifts. My favorite moment of the day was when my name was called
and the elementary school students made a whole lot of noise. One of the
benefits of teaching the whole school is that all the kids know you. Profe
Jesús, the gym teacher, got a similarly loud response.
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