Mi Horario en Costa Rica

5:45—Wake up, get ready, eat breakfast

6:45—Leave the house, walk to Saint Clare

7:15—Arrive at Saint Clare, get ready for the day

7:30-2:40—Teach English and World Studies classes to 74 5^th grade students, depending on the day

2:50—Leave Saint Clare, walk home

3:20—Arrive home, rest, eat a snack, grade or plan

7:30/8:00—Eat dinner, take a shower, read, grade

10:30—Go to bed

Of course, this schedule varies depending on the day (the classes are in half an hour periods and the schedule is random, sometime giving one block of English, sometimes two, sometimes three in a row). For example, on Wednesdays from 4-5, I teach a free beginners English class (mostly) to adults at the local library, a ten minute walk from my house. On Mondays, from 2-3 (I have the last two blocks free on Monday), I will teach a private English lesson at the student’s home. On Thursdays I get out really early and do different things (usually getting a treat at the mall, which I pass on the way to the school, doing weekly shopping, and eating lunch at home before doing grading and such). 

There isn’t anyone else here in this program and I haven’t met anyone (including Costa Ricans) anywhere near my age, aside from high school students. Another girl from a different program will be coming to stay in this homestay on the 11^th of March and a girl from my program will be coming on the 24^th, so I’m excited for their arrival and the prospect of some company. I hope to explore San Jose and more of Costa Rica with them.