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It's not called the Centro de Aprendizagem (Centre of Learning) for nothing - its where we spend all day teaching. Some people have expressed an interest in what it is I do all day, so here is that information.
A day in the life | First course report | Second course report | Resources
A life in the day:| 07:00 | get up and get dressed |
| 09:00 | walk to the Centre for lesson and planning and marking |
| 10:00 | teach first class of the day: Computing |
| 12:00 | return home for a delicious lunch prepared by Aida |
| 12:45 | on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays we have Portuguese lessons at the Centre with Moses |
| 14:00 | four hours of afternoon teaching begins with my first English class |
| 16:00 | my second English class |
| 18:00 | return home and have dinner, again expertly prepared by Aida |
| 18:30 | the evenings are then usually our own, I have recently started to go running after dinner. Other entertainments involve reading, music, using the computers at the Centre or the Internet at the office |
Update: 14th April 2004
Since that was written, in February, things have changed quite a lot. In a dramatic cost saving measure we have now moved the Centre into our house, slashing the total monthly rent from $600 to just $300. Classes have chnged too, and as a result my day is a little different.
| 08:00 | get up, get dressed and keep myself entertained for a while by reading, juggling, or any lesson preparation |
| 10:00 | teach what is for now my only class of the day: Computing |
| 12:00 | "return" home (all of ten metres) for a delicious lunch prepared by Aida |
| 14:00 | my afternoons are now spent as productivly as possible, helping at the Nakosso office, learning to juggle, reading or trying to develop my Portuguese |
| 18:00 | dinner (as prepared by Aida) is normally on the table by five, but we put of eating until about six |
| 18:30 | the evenings are then usually our own, entertainments are similar to before, although juggling has now more or less replaced running! |