"Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today."-James Dean
Mar 14
Yesterday there was a request for guest English speakers to participate with students of the American School in conversation practice. These are activities I always enjoy. This was the first time I had done this activity at the American School, which is a stone’s throw from where I live.
There were five English speaking volunteers, so [...]
Feb 12
Saturday, Dario invited me to be one of his conversation labs for his English students. I know he had at least one other English speaking helper in another class room.
Dario broke up his class so that there would be smaller groups and it would allow more time to speak with each student. I always enjoy [...]
Nov 13
Yesterday evening I got a call from Dario inviting me to one of his English classes. He said he had another person from England and he thought the contrast in accents would challenge his students.
Dario separated the class into two groups of 5 and put a different accent in each group. Here is the first [...]
Sep 14
This morning I was able to assist Dario in another of his English classes. I always have a great time when I do that. Dario likes for his students to have access to other English speakers that have different accents.
I ran out of time today and didn’t take any photos. Today, I got to visit [...]
Jul 27
Dario sent me an email asking if I could visit his class today. He said he had four Au Pairs. Well two showed up and a young man who is studying to be a translator in Universidad Latina.
We had an active discussion covering the economic crisis, life in the US, likes and dislikes in Panama, [...]
Jun 14
Saturday evenings around 5:00 PM, Dario has a English laboratory session, where any of his students and even walk-in students, can practice some conversational English. Yesterday evening, Dario barbecued and provided sodas and chips. This is Dario cooking up the grub.
He had divided the students into three groups and had a token gringo for each [...]
May 21
Today, I was a guest in two of Professor Dario’s classes. As I have said before, I always enjoy getting to meet the young people in Panama and helping them practice their English. I believe that all of the students today are high school students taking University Latina English classes.
The format today was strictly conversational. [...]
Apr 23
Yesterday, Dario invited me to attend an evening English class that he was having with a couple of young ladies that are hoping to be Au Pairs in the US.
This was a fun class. Both of these ladies are real charmers and I truly hope that they are able to find families in the [...]
Nov 12
Yesterday, Dario invited me to attend one of his evening Universad Latina English classes to provide a conversation exercise for his students. My last visit with one of Dario’s classes had only two students. This class had 13 students. When you take Dario plus his thirteen students and toss in an aging extranjero, it makes [...]
Oct 27
My friend, Dario, asked if I could come to his class for some conversational practice with a couple of his students. Dario has classes in at least three different locations. Today it was in his location across from what was Hotel Panama Rey.
I always enjoy doing talking with students, so I agreed, even though I [...]
