Tuesday, March 16, 2010

The power went out last night so I did not get a chance to post an entry I wrote yesterday. It is below this one. I also posted a few pictures of my nivalacion class (the class I am teaching ESL to). You can check those out by clicking to the right.

Last week Thursday the boys and girls soccer team went to La Union to play their boys and girls soccer team. Unfortunately the boys lost 0-2 and the girls lost 2-6. In fact, Reske and Laura, the two European girls I talked about a few days ago who teach at the La Union school, would not stop bragging about their school’s two victories. Me being the competitive person I am could not stand it, and wanted a rematch. Well, I found out that that rematch would be today—La Union came to Gracias for a rematch.

The boy’s game was played down in Gracias at the stadium, so unfortunately no one at the school was able to watch it. However, the boys ended up avenging last weeks lost with a 2-0 victory. The girls played at the school on the cement basketball/soccer field. They play 4 v.4 plus a goalie so its small sided. The game started a little before noon (it was scorching hot today too. I was drenched in sweat sitting and watching the game) and all the students from 5th grade through 9th grade were allowed to go watch. It was a lot of fun. I’ll upload some video from before the game (the students were going crazy with horns and drums) and maybe some video from the actual game. Unfortunately, the girls lost 1-4. Either way it was a nice break from class and a fun experience to see all the students get into supporting each other. In fact, I had told Mr. Bran to text me after the boy’s game and let me know how it went. I left my phone on my desk and when I saw it go off and picked it up my nivalacion class went silent. I looked at the message and wrote the score on the board—the students went crazy. When the boy’s team returned from town the school went crazy and I had to rip my kids away from the window where they were watching the boys come in. It was a good time.

Anyway, like I mentioned above, it is really hot again today. It’s been like this for probably the last week or so—probably between 85 and 90. There is nothing like leaving Michigan in the winter and going to summer weather in Honduras, and then returning to Michigan for summer weather. If only Honduras had a Lake Michigan…