Pazardzhik

This past Monday and Tuesday I was in Pazardzhik, a city between Plovdiv and Sofia on the other side of the country, to help my teacher friend Lexi at her language school. She wanted to do a lesson on American vs British English, and as I am an expert, I offered to help. We covered spelling differences, alternate word choices, and words that mean different things in both dialects. We taught 6 classes of 8th, 9th, and 11th graders, some with Brett if he had spare time from the orphanage he works at in town. The lesson went over well and they all seemed to enjoy it.

8th Grade

After class on Tuesday I went with Brett and Lexi to play with the kids at Brett's orphanage. They mentioned that they were going at the end of class at the school that day and 5 students came with them to volunteer. Some had been before, but some were new like me. The kids really enjoyed having all of us around to run around and give piggy back rides. I dont really know how they manage all those kids during play time with less people, I was completely spent after two hours there.

Brett, student volunteers and kids

the building