Today we had classes as usual from 9-12 and then had cake
for Katie and Roberto’s birthdays. ¡Feliz Cumpleaños!
In the afternoon, we
had the opportunity to go to another public elementary school called
“Cuitláhuac”. We split up and observed for about 2 ½ hours. Rachel had the
opportunity to observe second graders in both their regular classroom and in
the computer lab. The students were absolutely enamored by the fact that we
were from America and kept giving us gifts. Something to note about this class
was that they hardly paid attention while the teacher was talking, and when she
left the room they were running around the classroom and fighting and
screaming. On the other hand, when we went to the computer lab, the students
were very well behaved and worked pretty diligently. The computer lab had about
20 computers that were all IBM’s, older models, but still in very good
condition.
Stephanie observed a second, fourth and fifth grade class.
To my surprise, students in the fourth grade class were cleaning and organizing
the room. Everyone seemed to have a job as the teacher spoke with various
parents that entered the room. In the second grade classroom, all of the
students were excited to have us in their classroom and gathered around us as
we helped them with their class assignment.
Later on, while
observing a gym class the fifth graders were learning how to march because they
will be carrying the flag during the sixth graders graduation ceremony next
Thursday. The ceremony is a large celebration that will start at 2 pm and
involve dancing and even students carrying real machetes. As our Fulbright
group was gathering to leave, all the kids came to talk with us and asked us
where we were from. They were so excited to take pictures with us and everyone
wanted us to sign their notebooks as we were leaving out the gate. The last
image we had of the students was waving goodbye to us and smiling as our bus
pulled away.
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