Stokes in Peru

Greetings everyone~ Alright, I fell off my promise to update the blog every week, but I can assure you, you wouldn´t have missed much if I gave you an update last week. In fact, this week´s update will be pretty pedestrian in comparison to the others-it´s funny how once you start working, it consumes all the interesting things in your life :). Actually, the job itself is quite interesting and entertaining. I am teaching English to two classes of young adults, one at a basic level and one at an intermediate level. My students are all quite nice and respectful, with varying degrees of English speaking skills. I have some students that are really good English speakers who are quite driven to get better, some who are trying to balance a lot in their lives while also trying to learn English, and some who are attending because Mom and Dad keep paying the monthly tuition :). The interesting aspect of the job is how disorganized it all is. . .I come home and shake my head and laugh with M

Greetings everyone~ I hope everyone has had a nice, relaxing Labor Day break. Peru doesn´t have a Labor Day, but I suppose you could say I´m been enjoying Labor Day for nearly a month. Ironically, I began my first job in Peru today as an English teacher at the university branch where I am also receiving my Spanish lessons. I have two classes that last two hours each day, Monday through Friday. Although I´ve been in education for a decade, this is a new experience for me as I seldom have had to develop lesson plans or work with students for such a lengthy amount of time. However, my students all are very eager to learn English, the youngest student is 17 while the oldest is 34, and let´s face it, I´m working four hours a day, so it isn´t too bad. The course lasts a month which is nice, because Marianella and I are planning to move to our own place in October, plus we have a big trip planned for the first week of October (I´ll share with you in a few minutes). It´s nice to gain the exper