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Wednesday Teacher

Every Wednesday, I get up at 5a.m., get ready and I’m at the bus terminal by 6:15 am to take a bus that goes by the road to the school about 30 minutes outside of Ibarra. I have to pay attention to make sure I don’t miss my stop, because the school is in a rural area. After I get off the bus, I have to walk up a road, it’s probably about a mile to walk to the school from the bus stop, but I like the walk, I love the view of the green fields and the mountains in the early morning–it is really pretty.

I teach at “Escuela Benjamín Carrion,” this school has 13 kids and two teachers, it’s a really small school but I love it there and the kids. Everytime I walk into the classroom, they all yell out “Miss Beth!” and jump out of their seats to shake my hand and greet me with, “Buenos Dias.” While I am putting my stuff up, they are already running to the next class to get the other students because they know it’s time for Physical Ed. (which is what I do).

We always start off the morning with Physical Ed. which a lot of times is running around games, I taught them Duck-Duck-Goose, which I turned into Gato-Gato-Perro (cat-cat-dog), which they love, and I also taught them Red Light, Green Light, but in Spanish. I started working at the school right before Christmas, so I was doing Physical Ed. and teaching them a Christmas song in Spanish and then in English, and currently I have been doing Physical Ed. and helping a second grader with her math and making sure that she does her work.

My typical day at the school starts with Physical Education, and is followed by a break, when the kids eat colada (a type of hot drink) mixed with spoonfuls of granola that I give them. Then, I watch over them and we usually end up that break play some games again. After that, we do math and after a while we have another break, when kids can buy yogurt, candies and chifles ( homemade banana chips). During my first weeks there, the kids would always buy little snacks to share with me, which I thought was super cute, then I just bought them so they wouldn’t spend their money on me. After that second break, we go back in the class and do more math to then at a bit  past 12pm, all the kids walk me to the bus stop and wave their small hands at me saying good bye.

This week I will actually start teaching English. I’m very excited, the kids are excited and the teachers are excited to learn English themselves. I love teaching here, and this is a great learning experience for me because every week is a chance to learn something new. Especially when you are an 18-year old learning to teach in Ecuador.

Elizabeth Warren

About Elizabeth Warren


From Chiefland, Floria, Beth couldn’t be more excited to be joining Global Citizen Year. Beth is a co-captain of her school’s cheerleading squad, was in her schools annual Pow Wow skit for four years, loves to read, sing, dance and is currently learning to play the acoustic guitar; but her true passion is raising awareness about Autism and special needs in children.

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