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finally...my own classroom! (martes, 10 agosto)

Yesterday I got my own classroom. They were still in the process of delivering all of my desks and chairs, so I wasn´t able to have classes in it until today. Yesterday I had to teach classes in my host teachers´classrooms, but they pretty much sat back and let me teach the class. They went...

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Sara Florecita on August 10, 2010 from Iquique, Chile

from the travel blog: año de dos inviernos (Chile 2010)

a little under the weather (domingo, 8 agosto)

Yesterday and today I´ve been kind of sick. The water in Iquique is really bad compared to Santiago, and apparently I can´t eat fresh fruit or vegetables here without cooking them first. It really unfortunate because I don´t feel sick, but yesterday and this morning I was throwing up and so...

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Sara Florecita on August 8, 2010 from Iquique, Chile

from the travel blog: año de dos inviernos (Chile 2010)

english choir, paseo baquedano, and la cioccolata (jueves, 5 agosto)

After observing classes today I went to the first choir rehearsal here. Volunteers are required to do some sort of fun, extracurricular activity with the students. Typically this takes the form of a debate team, public speaking, art projects, or cooking typical American food. I was able to talk...

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Sara Florecita on August 5, 2010 from Iquique, Chile

from the travel blog: año de dos inviernos (Chile 2010)

starting to get things figured out at school (miercoles, 4 agosto)

Today seemed to go a bit more smoothly at school. I didn´t do a whole lot besides observing the teachers. One of them is really mean to the kids and keeps trying to get me to back her up. It´s really bad being put in that situation. I tried to encourage the students instead of tear them down,...

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Sara Florecita on August 4, 2010 from Iquique, Chile

from the travel blog: año de dos inviernos (Chile 2010)

first day of school (martes, 3 agosto)

For once I was actually eager to wake up early this morning. I was excited about seeing my new school, meeting my co-workers, and seeing what my students were like. Inglés Abre Puertas had told us that the first day at our schools, we were expected to dress business casual, and later on we could...

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Sara Florecita on August 3, 2010 from Iquique, Chile

from the travel blog: año de dos inviernos (Chile 2010)

days should never begin at 4am (lunes, 2 agosto)

The only thing that motivated me to get up at 4am today was knowing that if I didn´t, I would miss my flight to Iquique. And if I missed my flight, I´d have to pay for a 30 hour long bus ride at my own expense and miss out on the first two days of orientation. I got out of bed and tried to make...

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Sara Florecita on August 2, 2010 from Iquique, Chile

from the travel blog: año de dos inviernos (Chile 2010)

vino y el valle de maipo (domingo, 1 agosto)

This morning was the first time in a long time that I didn´t hit the snooze button a few times before actually getting out of bed. I woke up at 7:30 sharp, put on warm clothes and headed downstairs to wait for the bus to pick me up to take me to El Colorado. They were supposed to come between 8...

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Sara Florecita on August 1, 2010 from Pirque, Chile

from the travel blog: año de dos inviernos (Chile 2010)

¿que quiere decir para siempre? (sabado, 31 julio)

This morning I slept in till noon and awoke with the bright Santiaguine sunlight shining into my room. At first I was annoyed with myself for sleeping in so late while I could have been doing other things and seeing more of the city. Then I reminded myself that I´d been waking up annoyingly...

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Sara Florecita on July 31, 2010 from Santiago, Chile

from the travel blog: año de dos inviernos (Chile 2010)

hoy es hoy / y ayer se fue / no hay dudas (viernes, 30 julio)

Finally the last day of orientation has ended. It´s not that I didn´t enjoy it or meet a lot of interesting people, but it was a long week and parts of orientation weren´t that exciting. Some of it was though, like the `Never Have I Ever`game. Let´s just say that I was standing up a lot:) During...

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Sara Florecita on July 30, 2010 from Santiago, Chile

from the travel blog: año de dos inviernos (Chile 2010)

there is so much in this world to love and to write about (jueves, 29 julio)

Today orientation was long, as usual. I stopped at Natural Greens to get fresh juice before orientation began. Today they told us about our trip arrangements. Everyone in the group was laughing because some of the people have to get up at 6am on Monday to depart from Santiago. I was laughing,...

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Sara Florecita on July 29, 2010 from Santiago, Chile

from the travel blog: año de dos inviernos (Chile 2010)

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