Journal Entry Four in Peru - 12/02/10

Highlight of "the day": A nice, long cold shower after a very hot day.
Discovery of the day : Toiletries are about the same price as in the UK, although I did go to the main supermarket in Lima, which might be over-pricing. Must check out other shops.
Over-riding emotion: Exhausted
Nooooo.... : Peruvians appear to have a fondness for putting aniseed in their sweets. Not a fan.


I finished the syllabus just now, apart from a few additions to be done tomorrow (today, it's past midnight). It should suffice, with the addition of the first sections of a few topics from the IB syllabus which I left at school. I'm trying to include lab work, which they haven't done at all previously. The lab is utterly basic though. I might have to strong-arm the school managers to buy some basic equipment - the "physics lab cupboard" is full of unrecognizable, hefty equipment. It might be an idea to make the kids try and figure out what they do... fulfil the "analysing and evaluating" sections of Bloom's revised taxonomy.

I wonder if I'm beginning to sound like a teacher...

Enough of the work info, let's move on to the interesting events of today. Almost everyone in school loves my smile (proof to follow) and I have officially been asked THE question: "Are you single?" I now have two self-appointed matchmakers.

Hasta Mañana!