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Back to School

1/5/2016

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Our school, Ulew Tinimit.
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One of the reasons for our trip was to learn Spanish. We are in a Spanish immersion program for five hours a day. At the moment we are learning in a group class, but next week we will be in one on one classes with a teacher that asesses your level and then attacks! Intensivo is the word that gets thrown around. It is. The mornings have flown by so far. Conjugating and rules and irregularities, months, days, seasons, numbers, masculine, feminine, it goes on and on. Our teacher speaks very little English, everything is en espanol, so there is no moment to relax the brain. It’s the same at home with the host family….all Spanish. In the afternoons there are scheduled activities that we attend. Yesterday we watched a movie, today we went to a salsa class, tomorrow a chocolate making class, and later a trip to a hot spring. After we are a bit more proficient, we will be volunteering with local organizations. 
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I feel like an idiot. I have a million questions and am tongue tied. I oddly lapse into French, which I hardly know at all, but apparently some of it sank in during high school and college. I don't like 'not knowing'.

It is highly amusing being in a class with your kids when they are light years ahead.of you It's quite fun having them lean in and explain something, a refreshing dynamic that I wouldn't have experienced otherwise!

I'm signing off because my brain is mush.

(It's another post, but I've also been eating lots of mush.) 


1 Comment
Berangere
1/6/2016 02:41:53 pm

Many dream about going on this type of 'adventure' (using the term loosely here, or literally, I don't know?), few talk about it, fewer still actually do it. I applaud your courage for taking the big jump - with three (big) kids in tow!
There will surely be a 'before' and an 'after' to this adventure - the words 'life changing' keep coming to mind. But mostly, there will be a DURING! Every week, every day, every minute is bound to be so different/rich/scary/exciting/mind-blowing/(...). So here's to hoping this DURING is above all else safe, joyful, and enlightening.
Thank you so so so much for taking us for the ride.
Good luck and blessings to the five of you.

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