Day 2- Let the fun begin.

Students had to show up at 7ish in the morning to take a placement test at the language school. The school is quite busy- around 70 students total with a couple of other teen groups thrown into the mix. It's a well organized, chaotic scene. I am impressed with the school as they really do have a great system.
Students will take class MW mornings and TTH afternoons or MW afternoons and TTH mornings. When they aren't in class, they have to volunteer teaching English with me. In the mornings we work with local Samara kids.It is a small group, about 6-8 students. In the afternoon we take a minivan to the town south called El Torito, a much poorer village. There there are 15-20 students of all ages. But they are excited to have us here and my students all seem to like working with the Torito kids better.
 I recognized some of the kids from our 2010 trip. Paola especially stood out to me. The top photo is from 2010. The bottom is her taken Monday!