Colleagues

This is a photo of several of our English teaching colleagues in the teachers lounge. This is probably about 1/2 of the teachers. Most are Chilean. Only 5 of us are from the US. They are such a wonderful group to work with. They get along great and are always chatting and cutting up together between classes. So much so that the teachers from the other careers find us annoying sometimes. We have way more fun than them!

These are a couple of the Chilean English teachers outside the teachers lounge. Paula, on the left, learned her English through classes here in Chile and when she came to Keystone, CO to work at the skii resort for a season. Rodrigo is the guy in the picture. He is such a great guy and has been so helpful to us and just a good friend. He helps us understand menus, make travel arrangements, helps us understand things for classes, etc. I baked him cookies to say thanks. He loved them! They don't have cookies here like they do in the states. He says I should open a cookie shop in Santiago instead of teaching English. I would get rich! Ha!

This is the other side of the teachers lounge, where we can use computers anytime. We use this all the time between classes. AND, this year the teachers lounge is HEATED for the first time in our school's history I guess. It is wonderful! As all the classrooms are not heated. Yesterday I wore gloves in class for the first time. Brrrrrr. 

These are the ladies that keep us in line and give us our paychecks. They are the "Docentes" office. We have to be nice to them (ha!). They are very nice. 

The English teachers had a BBQ last Friday night. It was great fun! They are just such great people! And, the meat was awesome. Look at that massive slab of steak! Before this was sausages that were to die for.

Part of the gang.

Karaoke is big even in Chile!