September 29, 2005

Jason: The presentation at the school went really well. The introduction about the Peace Corps covered a lot of ground, and the participation during the interactive culture discussion was really good. The kids loved looking through my pictures, and unfortunately, they continued to do so throughout some of the later presentations. Note to self, pictures for everyone after class, or larger photos to show the whole class at once. All-in-all, though, for my first classroom teaching experience, I think things went really well; especially considering it was all in Spanish. I was encouraged.

The practical session in Miraflor yesterday was my favorite thus far. We covered most aspects of chicken care, including construction of hen houses, praparation of balanced chicken feed from local resources, organic parasite control, and how to vaccinate chickens for two common viruses.