My last evening class was Wednesday night. Thursday morning, I had my last morning classes, both volunteering in English and learning Spanish. It's been lots
of fun, and very rewarding. All of the English students are so pleasant, and most work so hard to learn. All of them are also real people, with real lives. It's easy to forget that a little bit sometimes. But being with them makes it easier to understand that we`re all so similar, despite our differences.
Some of the students that stood out for me where: Ernesto, a sophisticated TV and radio personality who often jokes about his relationship struggles; Michelle, a pretty teenager who's planning to study piano in Europe; Gerson, a handsome young man who you might initially think could care less, but who works really hard in class and is very smart; Jesus, the youngest student at 12 years old and wants soooo badly to be taller; Yvan, an adorable young man who worries me a bit because he really struggled to invent a sentence that included the word "proud", and Mary who reminds me of me, and who works
at the humane society. At the end of last night`s class, Barbara presented me with a beautiful bouquet of flowers and got the students to sing "You are my sunshine". I was so touched.
Today, I gave away some paintings, that I did while on vacation. It was fun to paint them. It felt nice to give them away.
Photos:
#1 and 2- The beautiful flowers Barbara gave to me on the last night of class. In my apartment, and on the way home in my bicycle basket.
# 3 to 5 - different versions of a rooster. My cousin Linda sent me a photo of this rooster last year. It was an awesome picture!
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