one part of our course is learning a foreign language using the immersion method (no english in class). and to make it fair for everyone (a lot of the other trainees already speak spanish, some quite fluently) we learned an indiginous langauge of costa rica called bruncaj. i have to admit that having taught using only the target language in class (in japan we used only english - lucky for me since my japanese was rubbish) i had no idea how difficult it was. though to be fair - i never NEVER would have taught so much and such complex vocabulary and sentence structures as we were taught in bruncajc.
but i suppose that was not really the point. we had to write a little essay about the experience (three lessons in all) and how we can apply what we discovered about being a student to being a teacher. but all i could think was - i wouldn't make it so hard! and i would certainly do some review each day of some basics. after 3 days of bruncajc i cannot even say "my name is..." because we never went over it again after the first class. but at least it's over now.
we have another full week of classes next week and then teaching practice for the two following weeks. already it feels like we've been in this course forever, but at the same time one week done seems like a lot.
in non-school news, a bunch of us went dancing at a discotheque last night. i was so excited - as my friends at home (and yes, i love you all dearly, but still) never (or rarely, in some cases) want to go dancing. we had a blast and stayed out dancing until 4:30 in the morning. but the best part of the whole night - the disco is the one place in town that our house is actually close to! so we had a nice short walk to our beds after we exhausted ourselves on the dance floor.
today was a pretty chill day. i had planned to go to the farmer's market and do my laundry. but i slept past the farmer's market (it closes at 1pm, which is when i got up). and after i putzed about my apartment for a little while i didn't get to the laundrymat until 3:30 and the woman said i did not have time to do any laundry. so i washed a couple of things in my sink - which may or may not be dry tomorrow - and will have to drop off my laundry on the way to school on monday.
beach day tomorrow, hopefully i won't burn to a crisp. i intend to use sunblock. but we'll see. also i get my second chance at surfing.
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I miss you, darling. It all sounds faboulous. You share anymore about this 'beach' you might just find me in your fourth bedroom.
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