It's Story Time!

Working with kids always proves to be an interesting experience.  So I'm sure that over the next several months I'll have lots of cute and funny stories to share in a new feature, which I'll aptly dub "Story Time."
 
Last week I accompanied my older kids (grades 4 to 6) on a field trip to see an antique factory in their pueblo.  Since I'd spent my first two days mostly observing and getting acquainted with the school and what was expected of me, this was the first time the kids had a chance to really interact with me.  And as it turns out...they absolutely love me!  The little girls were so intrigued by la maestra extranjera (foreign teacher) and decided to take advantage of the field trip as an opportunity to get to know more things about me and my foreign land.  As we walked along, they asked me how to say various things in English, then they asked every question imaginable, from "What time do you eat lunch in your country" to "Are all American girls as pretty as you?"  Kids are so funny and so honest that sometimes the questions verged on inappropriate; during my lesson that day a little girl randomly interrupted to ask "Do you have a boyfriend?"  
 
Sample conversation:
Marina: "Teacher, what are your parents' names?"
Me: "Well, my dad's name is Floyd..."
The kids: "WHAT??  What kind of name is that?!  Its so strange!"
Me: "Haha, and my mom's name is Cynthina."
Marina: "Oh ok, well that name is a little more normal."


All in all, it was a good day and I'm looking forward to my job and more fun stories to come.

My niños!

The kids singing during the field trip.