Calcio

We're back up north! I'm at a town near Covo, where my first camp was held. I was with another red book group (one of my favs to teach). I had 10 children and a helper for my class. Never had a helper all to myself before. I didn't know exactly what to do with him.

My kids were great this week. There were very enthusiastic and well-behaved. I had a pair of twins in my class, and although they looked nothing alike, I sill had trouble telling them apart. One of my girls gave me a bracelet, necklace, and sweets on the last day. It was so cute!

One day during lunch time I was feeling very energetic and could barely sit still (must have been too much coffee during break). I was banging on the tables to make a beat, while getting the kids riled up. I also started shooting rubber bands at this one kid named Carlos, but he started it. "I will destruction your face," he said to me. Bring it on, buddy!

When the kids were given permission to go outside, one of my girls who was also going crazy, Asia, said that her bum was glued to the seat and she couldn't move. I scooped her up, peach in mouth, and ran down 4 flights of stairs. We were laughing the whole way. Once we made it to the bottom of the stairs, the kids started chasing me throughout the halls. Then we started singing and dancing. I had to finish their diplomas so I kept telling them to go away, but they wouldn't listen. I was forced to chase the screaming girls out of the school. Played outside for a bit before I was able to break away from the madness. Walked inside and *ZING!* - Carlos shot another rubber band at me. I battled him for a bit until I had a stinging pain from my eyebrow to my chin from where his rubber band "destructioned" my face. Game over.

Every week we give an ACLE evaluation sheet to the kids for them to rate their experience. This week I got all "Excellents" on my evaluations for the Lessons category. First camp where I've gotten all perfects. Score!

My kids surprised me by hiding under the desk and jumping out when I walked in. They all shouted "Thank you!!" Had to document the moment :)

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Gabrielle and I stayed in a flat together, while the other tutors were in homes., We weren't too happy at first because we love staying with families, but then we realized that we were in the heart of town, and we had a family that cooked for us. It was glorious. We lived right next to a bar, so we would frequently visit it for a morning cappuccino & brioche, and for a drink at night.

Get-to-know-you dinner with the Director and some Tutors/Helpers

Lake Iseo

Lake Garda with Maria

On the final night of our stay, the bar was having a Mojito/Cuban food festa. The tutors went togetherand ende up starting the dance floor to the song Waka Waka. Later Brett, Gabrielle, and I went to the fields and met up with some of the young locals. There were very few girls at this party, so when 2 foreign girls came, it was like a feeding frenzy. We were bombarded with questions, and it was so cute watching the guys trying their hardest to speak English. We had a great time ~ excellent way to end the week. Love the Calcio experience.