yo no tiene lapiz.
yo no sabe.
If you've ever studied Spanish, the above mistakes probably make you cringe. This is what happens when you grow up in a Haitian village and attend a spanish speaking grade school. I have enough trouble making sure that I am speaking spanish correctly! Today, I had to correct my little Diana when she said, "Yo no sabe, Yorda (this is what they call me a lot of time- pronounced Jorda.) It's "yo no se, Diana."
All of the kids speak a little English here and there. Most of them can communicate just fine in Spanish, but the majority of them are most comfortable with Creole. This makes for interesting mixture of languages in class. I can only say a few things in Creole at this point. "Pah too shay zabokah" means "don't touch the avocado." And "booflah" means loco. Diana refers to everything as booflah. Luckily, I took French in highschool, so when the kids start cheating in math class in Creole, I can understand them (numbers in Creole are very similar to French.) They are usually pretty impressed :)
Today, we were all stuck in the lunchroom for about 30 minutes longer than normal due to a downpour. It was pretty fun to be all together and listen to the rain- all 200 of us. However, a fight eventually broke out between a sixth grade girl and a seventh grade girl. There were pieces of hair on the floor after their fight. It was pretty intense. Our mild mannered head teacher finally lost his cool. I had never witnessed a fight between two middle school girls. It was just like the movies. All of the kids ran over to watch and were cheering. Luckily, Junior (one of the teachers) was able to pry them apart. Shortly after, school was dismissed due to the weather.
School is going well in general. I love my kids more everyday. We are starting a new program on Monday for the third grade. Please keep this in your prayers. I put together the program using a model from a care center in Jarabacoa. It could be a great change for the third graders. If it works, the other classes can follow suit. I am really excited about it and hope it works out. If its successful, I'll tell you more about it.
Emily Cockerham (former coworker from WF) and her college friends are coming down to Playa Confresi this weekend. I am going to go out for a visit on Sunday. It will be great to see them!
Thats all for now.
Love love love,
Georgia
yo no sabe.
If you've ever studied Spanish, the above mistakes probably make you cringe. This is what happens when you grow up in a Haitian village and attend a spanish speaking grade school. I have enough trouble making sure that I am speaking spanish correctly! Today, I had to correct my little Diana when she said, "Yo no sabe, Yorda (this is what they call me a lot of time- pronounced Jorda.) It's "yo no se, Diana."
All of the kids speak a little English here and there. Most of them can communicate just fine in Spanish, but the majority of them are most comfortable with Creole. This makes for interesting mixture of languages in class. I can only say a few things in Creole at this point. "Pah too shay zabokah" means "don't touch the avocado." And "booflah" means loco. Diana refers to everything as booflah. Luckily, I took French in highschool, so when the kids start cheating in math class in Creole, I can understand them (numbers in Creole are very similar to French.) They are usually pretty impressed :)
Today, we were all stuck in the lunchroom for about 30 minutes longer than normal due to a downpour. It was pretty fun to be all together and listen to the rain- all 200 of us. However, a fight eventually broke out between a sixth grade girl and a seventh grade girl. There were pieces of hair on the floor after their fight. It was pretty intense. Our mild mannered head teacher finally lost his cool. I had never witnessed a fight between two middle school girls. It was just like the movies. All of the kids ran over to watch and were cheering. Luckily, Junior (one of the teachers) was able to pry them apart. Shortly after, school was dismissed due to the weather.
School is going well in general. I love my kids more everyday. We are starting a new program on Monday for the third grade. Please keep this in your prayers. I put together the program using a model from a care center in Jarabacoa. It could be a great change for the third graders. If it works, the other classes can follow suit. I am really excited about it and hope it works out. If its successful, I'll tell you more about it.
Emily Cockerham (former coworker from WF) and her college friends are coming down to Playa Confresi this weekend. I am going to go out for a visit on Sunday. It will be great to see them!
Thats all for now.
Love love love,
Georgia
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