Monday through Thursday, 8-9am, I teach begining English classes to 22 of the older boys and 2 girls at the Espwa orphanage. We started with the ABCs just three weeks ago and now they're saying complete sentences. I teach fully in English and only use Creole when I need to explain something more complicated or when I want to make sure that they understand. Every Thursday, they have a test on the material we covered Mon-Wed.The classes are completely optional yet I rarely have a class that's not packed. The kids are desperate for knowledge and passionate about learning. Considering their lack of resources (text books, pens etc.) their work ethic is admirable and inspiring. For many of them, school work is the one and only thing they have control over in their lives. Studying vocab or solving math problems help them to put out of mind if even for an hour a day, the daily struggles they face.
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