Video Diary (of sorts)

I decided it was high time to download the photos on the camera. So, here is a sort of Video Diary of what we've been up to in the past month, in addition to me working a ridiculous amount.

Actually, even this includes work. On the left is a photo of the winning team from The Great Gatsby Jeopardy game my 11th graders and I played at our Gatsby party. The party theme is what explains the crown on my head an pearl necklaces my students are wearing. They are holding their prizes: a coupon to turn in an assignment one day late without penalty. Believe it or not, they were thrilled at this prize. On the right, my excited Debate Club students are smiling wide after they won their first advanced debate in the Peruvian Debate Association monthly debates throughout Lima.

Other photos include:

* Arturo relaxing with a friend on his birthday

* Father's Day

* Playing Scrabble (embarrassingly enough, Arturo won)

* A big all-day-all-night gathering of old friends Arturo grew up with

All work and no play

It's been a while since I've written because I am completely overwhelmed by work. For those who have heard me complain before, this really is another level. I teach about 100 students and am supposed to grade 6 pieces of work, 2 each for the categories of reading, writing and oral work, every 8 weeks. That's 600 things to grade every 8 weeks! It is impossible!

I'm not going to go into all of the gory details here except to say that in two and a half weeks my mom comes (yeah!) and in three and a half weeks Arturo and I will be on our way to the Amazon.