I was a stressed leading up to the presentation time because we had to walk a couple blocks to the auditorium. I was nervous because my students were still getting ready at the last second, and the student who was supposed to bring the music was gone. We got it done with only a few hiccups.
After all the presentations, we were introduced to our new CSG groups, the groups that have a similar English level. I have none of my own students, so that is 14 new names for me...I'm excited but also nervous because I had already known my PBG for 8 weeks when I started working with them in the classroom. Still, I was feeling really good at the end of morning!
It was a busy day because after this we went to a town called Marachal Deodoro, where one of the remote teams is located. It was actually the first capitol of the state I'm in, Alagoas. It is small but had a lot of historical sites in it because the 1st president of the republic of Brazil was born there. It was on a huge lagoon that was pretty but not OK to swim in. We saw the historical sites in the town and then went to the school, and many of the teachers met us there. It is great to see how excited people are about our program. Apparently, this site had to wait for 2 years to get involved with the program! Here we are out on a pier over the lagoon:
This is the almost exact moment that we learned that gay marriage was legalized in the U.S.
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