Remember when we used to get $1.50 for lunch money back in the day? Well, one of the kids I work with, Joselin, gets exactly a quarter each day to buy herself lunch. I accompanied her to the small venta nearby. It didn't have much to chose from. She didn't even have enough to buy a bag of bread (40 cents) or a chocolate covered banana (30 cents), so she settled for a pack of 2 gummy worms and a bag of fruity corn puffs for lunch--most fruitful deal she could get from her 25 cents.
The next day, her father forgot to give her money. Us profes bought a bag of cheese puffs to share with her so she didn't starve. (We're not suppose to buy or give things to students, which may create a sense of dependency).
Later, I found a quarter on the floor while sweeping the house. No one claimed it, so I got to keep it. I felt like I just won the lottery.
About Me
Atop our Manna roof
2008-09 PDs Holly, Jocelyn, Me, Eliah, Dunc
Manna's with el jeffe Luis
Profes y hijos
Frolicking on the roof
Community meals
Snailing
Always and Forever
Me, Alexandra, Maria Amelia y Daysi
In 2 Hemispheres!
Triplets
Mama y sus hijos
Cascadas
Stand-in fanta break
las chicas lookin' suave with our Panama hats
goli, piernas, new PD dana, mulan
1 comment:
I just read all your posts backwards. Ecquador sounds like quite a place. I hope you have the heavy duty, 'you'll be blind for the rest of the life' type pepper spray.
Keep up the good work. You're saving the world one kid at a time.
Johnny Q
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