I finished coaching the high school girls soccer team and now I am coaching a 5th-6th grade girls soccer team. The girls are a lot of fun and are enjoying learning to play soccer. They like to have the opportunity to play and are ready to show the guys at school that girls can be athletes too.
Classes have been going extremely well at school as we are reading through Romeo and Juliet. On Wednesday, we were going over a lesson on subtext in the play and the bell rang, signalling class was over. My students refused to leave the classroom. They begged me to teach for 5 more minutes because it was the last period, school was over, and the buses didn't leave for 7 minutes giving them 2 minutes to catch the bus. I unfortunately had to tell them no because I had to leave for soccer practice, but it still made my day they were so willing to give up their time to keep learning.
Tomorrow the school is paying to fly me and another teacher to a city up north in Honduras to attend a teaching conference on motivating students. I am excited to attend this event because I love learning new techniques to help me in the classroom and it is perfect timing because we do not have classes for the rest of the week anyways (our spring break is Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday).
After the conference, I am going to jump on a bus and head to the island of Utila for the rest of our break. I am so excited to head back to my favorite Caribbean island to relax on the beach for a few days and forget about the stress of work and decisions about next year.
Right now, I need to pack so I can catch my flight in the morning, but I will try to update again soon!
