Today was the second time for me in the schools (I did not go last week because I was sick). The topic today was tooth brushing, and as a whole, I definitely feel like the lessons went well. During our first class, we noticed that our lesson plan was not quite 30 minutes long, so we spent some time at the end asking the students questions and helping them to answer. However, we wanted to make sure that we had enough material in our lesson plan for the next five classes. As a result, we added a simple game stressing how tooth brushing can prevent cavities. In the first round, we played a game of freeze tag, with one of us being the cavity. There wasn’t anyone to unfreeze the students, so once they were tagged, they had to stay still. The number of students that were standing still at the end of the round represented the number of dirty teeth containing cavities. In the second round, we added a person as a toothbrush, and they had the power to unfreeze the “dirty teeth”. In this round, there were less kids with cavities than the first round. Thus, the game stressed that the use of a toothbrush could prevent cavities from forming.
After work we went back to our host families for lunch. I loved lunch more than usual today since we had a delicious lamb stew with rice. The flavor was really great, so I made sure to get seconds. I then rushed off to Spanish class, from which I went straight to a ProWorld interview. Today was our first official check in with the ProWorld staff, and we had to explain to them about how everything was going. I feel like I have had an amazing experience thus far, so I had nothing to complain about. However, I did mention that our group would like it if we could have Spanish class at similar times so we could coordinate trips together. The first trip that comes to mind is our trip to Urubamba this weekend for the Sr. de Torrechayoc festival. Additionally, we would like to go to Tipon together this Friday to eat cuy, or guinea pig. I’m pretty excited to try this, so I want to make sure I go with the rest of the group to a place that is renowned for it. I’ve been told that Tipon is the place, so I definitely want to go there.
Something else I found out today was that since Ollanta will be the next president, the exchange rate has gone up. One dollar is now 3.2 Soles, as opposed to the 2.75 Soles it was before. While this is good for us, since we think of everything I dollars, it is really awful for the Peruvians. I can’t imagine what impact this is going to have on people in Peru, since they will now have to pay a significant amount more for everything.
At night, we got together as a group and watched a movie together. This was yet another great bonding experience, and I feel it was an amazing time spent together.
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