Work

I just wanted to do a quick update on the work we're doing at UTP, because I have just been including the fun extra weekend stuff in Panama (not that work isn't fun), and we are being productive. So, every weekday we are at UTP (Universidad Tecnologica de Panama) from 10 am -6 pm. In all seriousness, we are pretty much busy during that entire time, minus our 1 hour lunch. We had put up flyers about our one-on-one English tutoring sessions and immediately students started signing up and now almost every time slot is filled for the next 2 weeks. We get students that come to us wanting to have a conversation session but there aren't any spots left, and it's really unfortunate because there are only 3 of us, but I feel like I could find so many people from home who would want to come and help! For example, when Peter visited, he met with a number of students to practice their English and he doesn't even speak Spanish. It's such a simple thing, but I think it really helps them. 

In addition to our tutoring sessions, we're teaching a level 10 (the highest level) English class. There are only 4 students in it, and the university couldn't afford to hire a professor for such a small class, so we offered to teach it. This is also mainly conversation/interaction-based but we are going by a textbook. 

So...though our weekends are filled with eventful fun, during the week we are usually either working, sleeping, or eating. The days go by quick but we can feel the time in our exhaustion at 6 pm. However, it's really good and I'm really happy that we've gotten such good responses from students.