In the spirit of Monday, today started rough because all of us students had to come in early to school to take a level appropriate test. However, because I switched classes so early into the program I was unprepared for the material on the test. I did manage to study quite a bit that morning but no matter how much I prepare it never quite seems to be enough to feel completely secure when heading into a test. The majority of the test was on the past tense, pronoun identification, and comparisons.
After the test we had our usual grammar, conversation and cultural classes.
Today was the start of a new week and instead of viewing cultural sites, this time we are working with students at the Peruvian Airbase school, talking to them about American culture facts and the United States. The students are about 16 and 17 years old and very eager to practice their english. One of the younger students even walked right up to me on the playground and said "Hello, what is your name". We were initially welcomed by many gifts from the students and the school presented a show of the class rock band and some cultural dances. Next we went to educate our group classes. I group talked about University life. It mainly was a question and answer session with most of the students having a heavy interest on admissions. One of the students was planning to apply to the University of Miami as an industrial Engineer. He definitely had some work ahead of him with a large collection of standardized testing but his english was fair to good and I wish him the best for the future. We ended our time at the school with a lecture on the history of the Spanish conquest of Peru. Learning the history of the original Incas and the pathway Pizzaro and other explorers took to conquer the rich new world.
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