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01/25/2020 – A birthday like no other On Saturday morning, we were out the door by 7:30 am, making our way along the sinuous and beautiful road to Alto Lucero, a real “city upon a hill” (or upon “un cerro”). On the way, we stopped at a panaderia in Coscomatepec, grabbed some chips de malangaContinue reading

01/22/2020 – 01/24/2020 Pushing through some sick days and taking time to enjoy On Wednesday and Thursday, my slight traveler’s sickness from the weekend picked up a bit. That made Wednesday and Thursday not too fun, especially when teaching, but when it wasn’t a time close to eating or food, they were some very niceContinue reading

01/21/2020 – Tuesday in the town Tuesday we only had one class to teach, and in the evening we were off to the town center with a whole group of friends – Danna, Maried (who wants to apply to Harvard, MIT, and the like, which we got to chat with her about!), Camila, Osmar, Arantza,Continue reading

01/20/2020 – Monday Market in Coscomatepec! Monday was amazing. We started it off at 7am with two Materia y Sostenibilidad classes, in which we got to introduce organic chemistry and do a really fun activity with the kids involving diaper powder (sodium polyacrylate) and water that seemed to make the water “disappear”. The kids seemedContinue reading “Semana Dos”

01/17/2020-1/19/2020 – Experiencing the center of Cordoba and Veracruz Friday was a different kind of day with only one somewhat impromptu class and no planning to do. We had a quick meeting, I got to do yoga and workout, and then in the evening our friend Hannia’s mom and Hannia, with her friend Carmina, invitedContinue reading

1/15/2020 – 1/16/2020 Wednesday and Thursday teaching On Wednesday we taught 6 (!) classes – Materia y Sostenibilidad (2), Matematicas para la Toma de Decisiones (2), and two English classes. They all went pretty well I thought (except one math class which went quite poorly :[ ), and it felt pretty strange giving them anContinue reading

1/14/2020 – the first Tuesday (“planning day” for us “teachers”) Today was a less full day, but we seemed to fill the time up anyways. We only had one class, but we spent a lot of time preparing for other classes and meeting with teachers. We also were interviewed by a very kind student namedContinue reading

01/11/2020 – 01/13/2020 – the first weekend + first day of school! It was our first two sleeps and mornings here in Cordoba this weekend, and it’s been very restful, partly for lack of things to do. On Saturday we met Sra Olga, who is one of the security guards, and she kindly offered toContinue reading

Friday, 1/10/2020 – Arrival The flight in was beautiful; starting with fluffy, white clouds that turned into beautiful, hazy blue rolling hills that ended in an aerial view of Mexico City, it was a perfect way to start off this adventure. Mexico City looked wonderfully bright and colorful from above, with continuity in some ofContinue reading “Semana Una”