El trabajo real. The mission. Finally, the rubber hits the road: we all began practice teaching this week, and it was a bit of an eye-opener for me. Yes, we are teaching adults – the same population I’ll be teaching in Guayaquil – but we’re teaching basic beginners, and it’s a challenge. I had the good fortune of ‘going first,’ and so I’m done with lesson planning and etcetera ‘til next time, and that’ll be in GUY. A group of 3 taught on Monday and then I taught the next two days. The Ecuadorian educational system plods along with a horrible infrastructure: SECAP Quito North looks very much like a prison camp. I ain’t lyin’!