After Big Circle, we headed to the Comedor for breakfast, then went to school with the medium boys. The boys who is 2nd in charge of these medium boys is affectionately called Chino because he looks a little Asian. He had purchased a bag of Nanches, which is a yellow fruit that I don't even know we have in the U.S. They are about the size of grapes. He was throwing them one-by-one at the boys, who were fighting over them like when candy is thrown at children on the street in parades. Then he began throwing 5-8 at a time...even more excitement for the boys!
When school began, we headed back to our room to stock up on water and other items, and then headed out to the special needs yard. When it was time for recess, we headed over to the school and after recess, Noah noticed the 6th graders playing soccer for phy ed class, so he asked the teacher if he could join in. She allowed it. I told him that he should take a 'paleta' (Mexican chili-coated mango-flavored sucker) to the teacher and tell her 'This is for allowing me to play"...thanking her. He did and I was impressed!
After school, Bob and I met with Luis David at the 'tienda' (store) to give him his graduation outfit (a suit, dress shirt, shoes and tie) and to discuss his future plans after graduating. He thinks he'd like to be a chef. We talked through 2 options for him to carry out these plans, and will be looking into both of them with him over the next few months.
When it was time for supper, we headed back into the Comedor. We ate quickly so that we could get back to our room to microwave the 12 bags of popcorn we had purchased in town on Wednesday for the medium boys. After getting clearance from Chino, we were going to surprise the boys with popcorn, soda and a movie and share with them our typical "Family Night Fridays". It was a hit!
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