Saturday, March 21, 2009

So.

More pictures soon. But now that I've calmed down a bit.
This is my world for the next few months. I am in Puebla, México as a new student teacher (maestro practica) at the Colegio Americano en Puebla.

A student of English stopped me on the street today. He had some questions prepared, and in his broken English and my broken Spanish we figured each other out. He was a student doing an interview project. His two friends watched (one did the recording) and laughed as we talked about politics, education, and world travel. The "entrevista" (interview) taught me a lot. I found myself saying "No education is complete without going to another country."

I never put that into words before that moment, though I had always considered it truth.
I also secretly enjoyed helping him say words in English. I don't know what that says about me, but it was true.
Maybe it made me just feel special for a second, it a place where I know so little, knowing something was a good feeling.

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