Our first week of teaching is over.
(Long breath).
Chris tells me that no one who has tried teaching ever says that they are overpaid. I would not say that, either. It takes an incredible amount of skill and discipline to teach well, and the learning curve has been steep for me this week.
From February 6, 2004
We (Kelly and I, and two brothers from New Hampshire named Tony and Jesse) pulled up to the path to La Moralla in the 1980s red Toyota pickup and climbed out a little sheepishly. There were about half a dozen men waiting for us at the path who had walked or ridden horse or bicycle the two miles from El Pital, and the four of us had driven the quarter mile from the other side of Las Mangas because we feared we would be late. Lazy gringos, I thought. But they welcomed us gladly nonetheless.
