Tuesday, July 8, 2008

The adventure continues

We begin our 2nd week with just a bit of change. A second camp is starting in Zakopane and Dorota must be with the new volunteers, so I'm the "deputized" team leader as the others are calling me. Our day begins 10 minutes before breakfast with the reading of the journals, this time long because it covers Saturday and Sunday, and then announcement, primarily about today's and upcoming events and activities.

My students are all anxious about having to write a "matura" -- a test they take on 4 subjects in order to qualify for leaving high school and earning a spot in a university. One activity is to write a descriptive essay, so I brought some photos to class and had them do that. They don't need to worry. They are doing fine now and have the whole next school year before the exam.

In the afternoon many went hiking through valleys with students. I took one of the volunteers chocolate shopping.

In the evening the students presented Polish night. They gave oral presentations about the history and geography of Poland, described the important cities of Poland with an emphasis on Siedlce, the city in which many of them live. They gave we volunteers a Polish history quiz. They also sang what we might call folk songs associated with different eras of Polish history.

As you can see we are having a wonderful time.

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