Anita Little Peace (Corps)

HI EVERYONE I'M BACK!! For reasons I probably won't get into until next month, I've had a very chaotic few weeks...so my apologies that this month's post is once again a little late.  Will I be better next month?  Honestly, probably not.  If there's one part of the culture I've fully adopted, it's "Hora Paraguaya", which means absolutely nothing happens at the time it's scheduled to occur. Teehee. Love y'all. Let's get into it! The title of this month is Deja Vu, and for good reason. This month marked not only 15 months in the country of Paraguay, but officially a year of living in my site! Due to this, I started to relive some of my very first experiences from last December. Forgive me, but this post definitely will not be in chronological order due to many different things happen in a very short amount of time. First and foremost, we welcomed a new cohort to the country! C10, a new environment cohort. They're about 33 people, anot...

 Hello!!! I'm so late. I know. I'm sorry. Truthfully the end of the school year and the beginning of the holiday season has been so much more hectic than anticipated, so it's only now - halfway through December - I find myself holed up in a cafe with WiFi and able to recount my experiences. With the end of the year comes exams!! And also...the Olympics? There were two very notable events at my school to close out the semester, first of which being English exams. After a year of teaching my classes, I was able to finally put them to the test to see if they actually learned anything, or if they just liked playing games with me. Thankfully, the answer was both!! I administered exams for grades 4-9, and promised them a certificate if they scored higher than a 70%. Out of my 90 students, I printed about 70 certificates! It was very rewarding to see my work paying off, and to see the excitement on their faces.  Although there was one slight mishap. I try my best, but with so many...

 Hello!!! Welcome back!! And Happy Halloween :)  They don't celebrate down here (devil holiday in a Christian country and all that), and everyone who knows me knows that Halloween is one of my favorites days of the year. Definitely feeling a little sad but I'm looking forward to seeing everyone's costumes back home!! Send me lots of pictures please - I'm living vicariously through you all. October was such a fun month, and we started working on LOTS of fun new projects!! As the name of this post reveals, this month I did a lot of bottle cutting. Why? Because middle and high school kids love arts and crafts projects. After giving a presentation on the importance of recycling, and talking about all the wonderful products we can make from recycled materials, I led about five (5!!!!) different groups in an activity in which we cut up old empty wine bottles and turned them into water glasses.  This was not an easy process. Not only does it require someone to get a classroom ...