Teaching

Wednesday afternoon we spent with Kim's kids. They were all SO excited to have us there. We were called Katie teacher and Andy teacher. Each class lasted between 30 and 40 minutes, depending on the age of the class. Kids ranged in age from 6 to 15. Kim teaches all day; in the morning it's more like kindergarten, in the afternoon it's more like an after school program.

This picture is of the last few kids who stayed longer than the rest. The woman on the right is the director of the school. The kid on Andy's left, Ryan (in the tan jacket), LOVED Andy. Towards the end of the night when Ryan was just doing homework, he would come up to us and wave, and came up to Andy and gave him a hug. Just loved him.

For each class, the kids did a little of their regular work (reciting phone conversations in English) and then they were given a blank piece of paper and told to draw Andy and me. They were encouraged to ask questions in english about us while they drew (Kim usually had to help them with ideas on what to ask). We were asked what is our favorite color, animal, cartoon character, how old are we, do we have a boy/girlfriend, where are we from and so forth. One class was SO surprised we were married to each other. I mean, fall out of their seats surprised.

Below are just a few of the drawings the kids made. Some used crayons to color in what they drew. In the first one, Andy had said his favorite cartoon character was Aladdin, so the kid drew a genie. Some were incredibly good, others were laughable.