Friday, April 4, 2014

Today, the rest of the classes made their own gas-masks out of the paper plates and paper bowls before I gave a lecture on the eastern front and the end of the war.  I was super impressed with the creativity that the students exhibited.  I had kids add on the tube at the end of the gas-mask, making for extremely authentic looking creations.  After school, I attended Model United Nations Conference at Lincoln School.  On Friday night, I went with Glen (one of the middle school global studies teachers who runs the program at the school) and Francis (the middle school coordinator) as chaperones for about 60 students.  We saw the opening ceremony where the Costa Rican ambassador to the United States Muni Figueres gave a speech where she talked about Costa Rica's diplomatic history and told the students that charm is key in politics.  After that, we had a teachers meeting while the students started their councils.  Over the course of the weekend I got to meet some really interesting teachers and school directors from the different American schools in Costa Rica and even one in Honduras.