Today I went to many classes at Quilmes Highschool. First I went to the middle schoolers where I taught a geography class in all Spanish it was very difficult but i had a lot of fun watching students laugh at my mispronunciations. The teacher does a lot of crossword puzzles so we did one of those. I stood in front of the class and said definitions for one of the letters and they filled in the rest. Then I went to the seniors and taught a history class on world war 2. I was taught how to collect information from students to see what they remember. I did this by asking questions and making a chart. They asked really good questions about university the United States and we had a great discussion about the hypocrisy of the education system in the United States. This conversation started when I told them that we are not obligated to take a class on Latin American history when they are obligated to take a class on US history. After I did more history classes and then did two English classes where I read a short story and helped students prepare their analytical essays for the Cambridge exam. This a very hard test that they have to stay on the last year of secondary school.
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Day 6
Today I went to el Jardín De Cristo Obrero Montel. This is almost the equivalent of a public school but it it for very small children. We played games, read el lobo y la chica (red riding hood) and learned about Juanita en el Laguna. I taught them the song “ the itsy bitsy spider”. When all the children went home at 11:50 I stayed behind with the director and one of the teachers and we had a conversation about USA and Argentina. It was very difficult for me because my Spanish capabilities are not great when it comes to politics but I held my own pretty well. Shout out to Señora Kridle. The director told me that many families living in poverty in Quilmes use the Jardín to gain money. Only Kindergarten and middle school is required by law in Argentina. Therefore the government will pay families money to send their children to school and for them to receive vaccinations. The conversation was very sad but left me wanting to make a change. After I returned to Quilmes Highschool where I attended 3 classes. One was business, dramatic literature and American Lit with the Senior 2 children. I read the plays and the literature in both classes as well as helped them analyze the literature.i also spent time with Daniel Pauni the director of Quilmes Highschool and we went for a walk with his 8 month old granddaughter. When we dropped her off at the nursery he told me how many of the schools use a system from Italy that is the best kindergarten teachings in the world. When we were on the walk we saw a older man dropping off one of his children and he explained to me that Senor Pauni was his student. I thought that was so cool because in Quilmes the community is like a family and it is common to have many family members in the schools aswell. 
