Monday, November 3, 2008

My Second Day in El Salvador


(This is the track and soccer field on the campus. And the mountain you see in the background is actually a volcano.)Today I went to Escuela Americana. I have basically been shadowing, or following around, my two friends Will and Bryce to their classes. The school is very nice. The campus grounds are beautiful and the teachers are extremely nice. Their schedule is very different from ours though. They do not have A and B days that alternate, they also do not number their periods. They give their periods letters. Their is a Day L, Day E, Day A, Day R, and a Day N, which is basically like our A & B days. Their periods our A, B, C, then they have lunch, period D, E, then a 20 minute break and then period F. That is all on Day L. Some days there is an AA period and a GSH period, and a period H. Every day it varys in what periods you will have. Also the last two days of the week have 45 minute period classes instead of 60 minute periods. Also there is only one teacher for each subject for each grade although for spanish there are two, one for each level. The levels are regular spanish and spanish spoken as a second language. Also there is a principle for elementary school, one for middle school, and one for highschool, then there is a headmaster, which is kind of like a head principle.
The students here are nice. They behave well in class, sometimes. The faculty, or teachers, are also very nice. The cafeteria is outside and is also nice, you can sit anywhere you want to during lunch. Another good thing about the school is that it does not start until 7:45. So you can do what ever you want around the school until the school day starts.

1 comment:

HAT said...

hey Pitt. jake says hey.

how's the weather there in ES? it is 70 and sunny here today.

pretend you are a journalist and tell us something about the place.

hope you are having a great day.

Dad