Tuesday, May 6, 2008

I can´t believe it´s May!

I normally don´t have any free time, but the university is closed for the next few days because of a transportation strike and there isn´t a guarantee that I will have classes at the high school either since the teacher that I work with lives in another town. If you want more information on the strike, you can search for Nicaragua Transportation Strike on the internet and find the latest information.

I have been working at night at the high school because I enjoy working with the teacher and there are fewer students (usually only 30-35 instead of 45+). Since the high school is near where I live, there aren´t any problems with walking in the street at night and the area is safe.

I have continued working at the university with English teachers (or future English teachers) and with Sustainable Tourism students. I love the teachers group because it gives me a chance to talk with colleagues who speak English fluently. They have helped me adapt to Nicaraguan culture and learn about the school system here at the public and private high schools and the university levels. The tourism students are also fun to work with because I can combine my experience working all of those years at Marriott and my passion for teaching English. Right now we are working with several local tourist attractions to translate documents from Spanish to English to broaden the range of tourists that can be catered to.

In my private life, everything is going great. I am still with the great guy I mentioned in my February blog and we plan to stay together for a long time into the future. I am very close with his family as well and I spend most of my time between classes talking with his grandmother or his daughter. Every two weeks, I also visit the family that I lived with in May and June last year.

I can´t think of more to write right now...I´ll send the links for my pictures in an e-mail.