Kids Teaching Kids

Today Lucia gave all the kids and me a bag of popcorn each. Homemade. It was a small gift from her before the kids go on vacation.

After she told the kids a story (no book- just made up), the kids went to a ¨learning session¨ the grade 5 kids were doing for the smaller kids.

Each station had 3 students teaching the guests. The first station was on smell. Garlic, onions, and perfume with your eyes closed. How the taste buds worked and the different textures. The second station was on the food groups, with a game afterwards. The third station was on the stomach and how it worked.

The kids loved it and I was definitely impressed!

After the 30 minute school break, I found out we are going on a field trip.

Yes, another lack of communication.

We walked for about 20 minutes to a place with some ruins. Not sure what, but obviously something famous. I´m not much into history so I didn´t pay attention.

What I did pay attention to, was how responsible all the kids are here.

Can you imagine a grade one class- 19 kids, walking for 20 minutes, on a narrow sidewalk (when there was one), loads of traffic and only ONE supervisor? The teacher didn´t even look back to see if they were all following her. No head counts, just the instructions of ´follow me´.

Crazy.

Granted, some of the kids would be older than your typical grade oner back home.

Also, you have to remember that most of these kids have huge home responsiblities as soon as they hit 4 or 5 years old.

Some of them are also expert little thieves to help feed their families.

You learn to survive on the streets.