I know it has been a while since my last post. Lindsay and I have been very busy. We have begun to settle into a routine here. Our host family is very nice. They are an older couple with 3 kids studying in Santiago. The husband (Jaime) teaches music and the wife (Rossana) teaches elementary school. They know a lot about chilean folk music and even gave a short demonstration of folk music and dance to my parents when they were visiting.
School is hard. The kids know almost no English and see no reason to try and learn. It has been a difficult adjustment. After four days of orientation/training and a 2 weeks of observation I was thrown into the classroom and started teaching. Needless to say my first few days were not good but I have been steadily improving. I am hoping to get ahead enough on my planning and stuff so that Lindsay and I can go do things on the weekends.
