Slightly embarassing start to today people. Yesterday there was a notice put up telling people to meet at 7:30 AM to go help out at la Galapaguera (the tortoise reserve) and specifically said to wear long trousers long shirts. So as asked, I was sat outside the school office all ready to go at 7:25. However I was soon told that I had failed to read the heading above which read, 'Conservation Volunteers' and thus did not include me. After having let out a whole heap of Spanish profanities I've recently learnt, I returned home very hot due to the excessive clothing I had adorned in a tropical climate. However I decided that I would not put my early wake up to waste and I therefore went for a (short) run around the town. It did not matter that it was short, because I must have lost about 2 stone simply in sweat. Afterwards I planned out my lesson for today and then had a delightful skype chat with the family back home, where they informed me that I have been (involuntarily) replaced by a family of mice. While I was in New York I ended the lives of 5 mice who entered my apartment and my name has travelled far and wide amongst the mice community as a serial killer. For their sakes I hope they are gone by the time I return. Anyway, I digress.
The lesson today was far better than yesterday. It's amazing what moving one person out of the class can do. They are all starting to listen more attentively in class. By the end of my stay here I will have them calling me 'our glorious leader'. I had them write a little bio of themselves including sentences using the past and future tense and then had them read out what they had written. I think the fact they have to read out what they have written makes them more eager to write it in good english with more complex sentences. In other news I have booked my boat tickets to Santa Cruz island this week. There is apparently the most beautiful beach in the Galapagos Islands there so I will certainly take a few pictures and show y'all when I get back.
That's all I got for you today folks. It's been a pleasure. Until next time.
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