Teaching in La Paz
- 3 June 2022
- Posted by: spellmorretes
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Whilst in Bolivia I taught at a primary school in a relatively poor area of La Paz called Max Parades. The school had never had a volunteer before as the area was deemed too dangerous for outsiders – clearly I was seen as expendable!! However both pupils and teachers made me very welcome and my rendition of the Hokey Kokey quickly became a firm favourite!
However the highlight of my week was always the day spent at a school housed in the slums of El Alto. This school had never had an English teacher before and most barely spoke Spanish (Ayamara being the local dialect).
This effectively meant that I became a one man English department – I taught the entire school (including teachers), had absolutely no resources except what I took with me and had total freedom over what I taught – ‘I support Bradford City’ being the first sentence taught, closely followed by ‘Leeds, just a small town in Bradford.’!!!!
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Author: spellmorretes
