As most of you know, I will be leaving to spend a year in Costa Rica teaching English through a volunteer program called WorldTeach. I am starting this blog mainly so I do not have to worry about remembering to e-mail everyone. I am hoping this will be a great way to keep in touch with everyone back in the good ol' US of A and share what I am doing down in CR.
So, a little about my placement:
I will be living in a town on the Pacific Coast of CR called Manuel Antonio. This town has about 1000 people living in it and has gone through a big tourist boom in the past few years. Since tourism is the main source of income for the Ticos (Costa Ricans) in this area, it is extremely important that they know how to speak English. I will be teaching at the bilingual school (first bilingual school in CR!) along with another volunteer and two Tico teachers. I will definitely be teaching English and may be teaching science and/or PE as well.
I will be living with a single mom (Rocio) and her three children. Jenny will be turning 15 during my stay there (which is a HUGE deal), Louis is 13 and Rebecca is 8. I will most likely have Rebecca in one of my classes. I am really excited to meet my new familia and can't wait to start meeting everyone in the town!
My plane leaves on Jan. 7th at 8:40 am. I will be flying to Miami first where I will meet with the other volunteers. Our plane leaves Miami at 7:40 pm and will arrive in CR at 9:40 pm. Until then...paz.
