ILP Graduation

It's the last day of school! I can't believe the semester is already over. It has been a crazy adventure, but I've learned lots and taught lots. There were many days that I felt what I was doing was pointless and the Spanish teachers hated us and so did the kids. But other days I had so much fun and made great memories in class. Overall it has been a great experience, but it has definitely been a little rough. The days that were rough, it was definitely the little things that got me through. Like after a crazy class where the students kept speaking Spanish and wouldn't listen, that one student runs up to me and gives me a leaf they just picked and a big hug. I will definitely miss the kids.... some of them. :)

Since it's been the summer, we have had way less students, so only about 1/3 of our students showed up. 

 Ten minutes before our program was supposed to start, we had 2 students and 1 parent, so we started 20 minutes late, and we finally ended up with 15 students.

I taught the dances. They danced to a few Beach Boys songs and requested Waka Waka.

Hannah taught them "You are my Sunshine"

Jorge read a poem about summer.

We performed as teachers, lip syncing to Lion Sleeps Tonight, and the kids were absolutely cracking up. 

Then we gave them certificates at the end. After we took a picture with them and all of the students came running up to give us hugs. There were definitely a lot of days I questioned if the kids even liked me, but when the kids ran straight up to me and hugged me, it made me so happy to know that they actually did like me! I always loved the kids outside of class because they were loving and so nice, but in class they could be mean little devils. Then we had some food and talked with the parents and took some pictures for the last time.

Adios Colegio Galileo Galilei!