Today me and the twins woke up early this morning to go to school and as kids do we complained on why we had to go but Mrs.Castillo said we had to so her boys could grow up and become successful just like their father so we got dressed, ate some fresh fruit, then headed out the door to go to school. While we were walking to school I noticed how few kids were actually going to school. When we arrived we took our seats and waited for the teacher to arrive, when she did we said good morning and she asked me to introduce myself to the class, not wanting to disrespect I stood up and told the class my name and where I was from America and half the class was in aah and they all started to ask me questions to fast for me to answer, when the teacher saw how flustered i was getting she told the class to settle down and for me to take my seat because it was time to get started. We started off the day with math learning really basic things I learned in elementary school, then it was social studies with Guatemalan history, and finally with English class or in this case Spanish because more than half the people in this country are illiterate or speak an ancient Mayan language, but the only way to get some where besides a farmer in their country you gotta speak Spanish. While sitting in class i noticed how poorly taught the teacher was, and I felt that I myself knew more then her which makes me feel sad that the kids in this class room may not live up to their full potential but once I got over that Class was over and me and the twins thought we'd go do something before we went home... so we started on our way.
While me and the twins where walking down the street we decided we would go to the local soccer field so we didn't have to sit around their house the rest of the day and because they wanted to see some of my skills on the field. When we arrived we found some other kids and started a pick up game, and if your wondering why soccer its because it's the national sport here and because everyone loves it, anyway we lost big time because I'm "not coordinated" or something like that. I only think that was because the feild was uneven and made with dirt. On the way home we talked about soccer and their favorite teems and now I relize with almost nothing else to do in this city soccer was their haven since they had the simple life with almost no electronics which I myself think is pretty good.
Heres a picture of one of the Guatemalan teams that just won one of their big games.and also heres a link for the Guatemalan teams stats.http://www.flashscore.com/soccer/guatemala/
Man i can't wait for tomorow!
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