Spanish Class

Here's a photo of Jenri, my Spanish teacher. I am his only student in his class. The class is four hours long with a half hour break in the middle. The first hour is mostly conversational, a combination of English and Spanish. The second hour is where the real work happens. After the break its a bit relaxed. We usually end with some type of game like concentration. Today after break we walked to the local market, their version of a mall. Blue tarp or metal roofed stalls with every bright type of plastic (toys, housewares, etc), counterfeit clothes, counterfeit cds, and food. The food is fresh, but rarely refrigerated. We went through the stalls with Jenri telling me names for the various types of food.

Jenri (Henry) is 46 and has a boy 18 and a girl 17. He lives outside of Antigua and rides a motorcycle to work. He studied to be an accountant and went to school at Miami Dade Comm college in their hotel program. Both he and his wife are Spanish teachers, both at the school and also at home via private tutoring in person or on the Internet. We have a good report.