Did You Study?

I’ve been making tests all week. Mountains and mountains of tests and review sheets. I even made one for you. Let’s see how well you do….

Part 1: Circle the correct answer.

1. Which of these things did Tristinn hate to do before Costa Rica but now almost enjoys?

a) Walking around with shoes ALL the time

b) Waiting for hours in buses, for people, in line at the grocery store

c) Living with bugs all over the place

2. How long does it take Tristinn and Nickele to do their laundry?

a) 10 minutes of work

b) 20 minutes of work

c) 1 hour of work

3. How many months of fighting, begging, pleading and craziness do you have to go through before you have control of a classroom full of 4^th graders who speak a different language?

a) 3 months

b) Undermined – too many to count

c) 1 month

4. What is the best thing Tristinn has learned since living in Costa Rica?

a) Children are funny

b) Patience

c) People not things

1. B: I enjoy waiting now – it’s nice to just take it all in. As for the bugs, don’t mind them. The shoes I still mind.

2. C: When you have to rinse clothes by hand, put them in a centrifuge to spin, and then hang them up by hand, it takes a while.

3. A: After three months of experimentation, I can officially say that I can walk into class and not feel like the children are going to destroy me.

4. B: I’ve learned a lot in CR but the best thing I’ve learned and experienced is patience. Wanting patience is one thing, trying to have patience is another, but having to practice patience SO often and SO much that you actually get some is quite a feat.

Hope you got 100%

Take My Tour

!!Welcome!! to the 2011 school year at Centro Educativo Adventista de Monteverde.

My name is Tristinn Williams and I’ll be your tour guide. First off, let me show you our Kinder room. Kinder is home to 7 lovely students at the moment. It’s also home to our two newest volunteers, Nate and Calle Stowe. They just arrived and everyone is thrilled to have them here with us until December.

Next on your left you’ll catch a glimpse of our magical mural in our science room. This classroom is home to the “Profe Nickele” and “Profe Daniel” from Czech Republic who teach PE, art and math class. Spanish is taught by our local teacher Yolanda who also doubles the principal at the moment.

And last but maybe least, my classroom. I get the pleasure of teaching ESL, social studies, a math class, music and a dabbling of bible and literature. All our classes at CEAM are taught in English except the Spanish class. We provide educational services to almost 20 students and hope to grow in the future.

That concludes our tour. Come back and visit soon!