I just realized that the girl who died in Gville in the hit and run was on a freaking bicycle. What. A. Horrible. Way to die.
I went to the school today, to help teach. According to the host mom, only the bad schools permit talking while the teacher is talking: her husband and her daughter are both teachers and don´t allow it. This school, at all the levels of English (and everything else) allow talking when the teacher is talking, or at least, the teacher isn't that effective in getting them to shut up. Last time I checked, there was no country that allowed talking while the teacher was talking. Especially not in Asia, or even in parts of Europe. But some of the older ones speak English quite well. The younger ones, naturally, have more difficulty.
Granted, this wasn't my original project. And frankly, I knew I wasn't going to enjoy it as much as I would have enjoyed the original, which was giving medical care to kids at the Don Francisco house. But since there was something going on this week, and I'd already paid for the trip, there was no point in not going. At least I can see the center. And the surrounding areas of Chile. Valparaiso, Viña del Mar, etc.
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I officially think during my trip to the Viña I will ask for navegado sin naranjas. Hot mulled wine sounds great. That and yerba mate.
If it´s warm, I´ll ask for cerveza Cristal.
Because I do need to have some drinks, even if I can´t have pisco.
I went to the school today, to help teach. According to the host mom, only the bad schools permit talking while the teacher is talking: her husband and her daughter are both teachers and don´t allow it. This school, at all the levels of English (and everything else) allow talking when the teacher is talking, or at least, the teacher isn't that effective in getting them to shut up. Last time I checked, there was no country that allowed talking while the teacher was talking. Especially not in Asia, or even in parts of Europe. But some of the older ones speak English quite well. The younger ones, naturally, have more difficulty.
Granted, this wasn't my original project. And frankly, I knew I wasn't going to enjoy it as much as I would have enjoyed the original, which was giving medical care to kids at the Don Francisco house. But since there was something going on this week, and I'd already paid for the trip, there was no point in not going. At least I can see the center. And the surrounding areas of Chile. Valparaiso, Viña del Mar, etc.
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I officially think during my trip to the Viña I will ask for navegado sin naranjas. Hot mulled wine sounds great. That and yerba mate.
If it´s warm, I´ll ask for cerveza Cristal.
Because I do need to have some drinks, even if I can´t have pisco.
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