Kimen

English Workshop

Luis Duran, the teacher I help is a great guy. He teaches during the day, goes to school at night, and works at a restaurant on the weekends. We spend a lot of time together, and our goal is to improve his English more so there is a lasting impact after I leave.
His situation is much like those of the students. They don´t assign much homework at the school because many kids have to work in the evenings and they don´t want to burden them too much, making our classroom experience that much more important. This is one of the schools where lunch is provided for free, and there is a heavier indigenous influence. The school is actually going to change it´s name next year to Kimen, a Mapuche word that means grasping knowledge.