Students, Teachers, Monopoli….We Will Miss You We taught students  – both young & old.  They shared so much of their lives, stories and culture with us  Through our many conversations and observations, we feel so privileged to have been a part of this service program.  So now, we wonder…… Did We Take  More Than We […]

  A Time To Pause and Reflect……… We are  nearing the end of our two week stay in Monopoli! I am just beginning to feel comfortable at school with the teachers and the students, finally getting the hang of things.  As we participate in our daily wrap ups,  I can see that everyone  has their […]

It is now day six of our volunteer experience. We arrived promptly at 8:00 A.M. at the school.  Some of us went with teacher, Maria.  She was a substitute teacher for a class of first-year students.  Their level of English was very basic and I thought, “Even I can teach this class!”  They were a […]

Today was very satisfying.  We arrived at school at 8 AM and rejoined our classes.  My partner and I assisted teacher, Maria with her new first year class by sharing our background and responding to questions and correcting pronunciation. Things really began in earnest  in Maria’s third year English class. We  began with simple vocabulary […]