Post 10: This year...

Hi veryone today I´m going to write about this year, 2013. Well, this have been a very move year, and I will try to summary.

First, this year I´m twenty years old, it´s a little bit difficult to me accept that I´m not a little girl yet, and it is very funny because when I was a little child I expect  a lot about it, something become real, but something not.

Good  things that have happened to me this year are for example I learned to swimm, and I met Omar, my boyfriend. Also I have made very interesting investigation works for classes, and I have learned awesome things and met wonderful people, for example at "La Victoria", a place where I did a work about muralism.

The situations that did not got so well are more related with my family, conflicts and my mom´s health. We, as family, are trying to keep it as best as possible, but for all that,  I´m a little bit tired and I just want to rest.

My achievements are related whit the same problems, I have had many complications but, I dont give up, I have passed my subjects at the University, and I hope do the same this semester.

I would liked get more organized this year, but I didn´t can. But I know this next year I will get it to be less stressful, and maybe can get a part time job.

This has been a difficult year to me, but I think difficulties could be an opportunity too, so I am trying to become my problems to learn and grow.

Working in "Republica Dominicana" school...

Hi everyone!

Today Im going to talk about a project that Im doing this semester for the class "advice to educational institutions". Me and 3 classmates are working in a comunitary school, "Republica Dominicana". This school is now a little bit famous, because TV news have made many reports because it is a school that has been closed, but that has been taken by the parents, and now continues to operate with the support of volunteer teachers from our University.


They are proposing an alternative type of education based on libertarian education, where are no ratings, awards and punishments. And therefore, where children can learn and develop in a community atmosphere, and dynamic classes.


For purposes of this work, we had to work with seventh grade. They must do exams at the end of this year, and such tests depends on the continuation of the alternative education project.

We go every Thursday and took activities to help them improve their performance in the subjects while improving school life. But it has not been easy.

In the class are only about 10 children, and that after the closing of the school, many went to other schools. But these children, although few, seem to be many more. It was hard to get their attention and take them  part in the activities.

It has been frustrating. And I'm very worried that they do not pass the exams and the school is closed for good.