A couple of weeks ago I went to Savannah's class to talk about El Salvador with her History Class. I dressed in a typical El Salvador dress and brought some pictures, a poster, a map that my mom supplied me with and a basket full of tortillas. I thought I would take the kids through a day in El Salvador. I started off by putting the basket on top of my head and walking around the class yelling "Vendo tortillas," I felt quite foolish to be honest and I got quite a few funny looks. We talked about what the people eat, and how they cook their food on an open stove most often found outside of their homes, I also mentioned that most people do not have indoor plumbing for a bathroom and used out houses; which got a lot of oooh sick. We talked about what their money is called, and how some of the people do not have enough money to send their kids to school. Savannah stood right next to me the entire time ready at any moment to interject a small comment or two. I was there about 30 minutes and then had to run home to teach a pilates class.
For the rest of the day I worried whether or not I embarrassed Savannah or if the kids enjoyed what we talked about. Just normal worries a mom might have. But my worries were put to rest when Tammy shared with me what her daughter had to say about our day in the life of El Salvador. She said, "Kate told me that you came to her class today, (suppressing a laugh) and that you wore a dress from El Salvador, (trying harder now not to openly laugh) she also said that you put a basket on your head and walked around the room yelling "tortillas for sale" (giving up the fight and openly laughing at this point)" She preceded to tell me that her daughter loved it and thought it was fun that I was so willing to make a fool out of myself for the sake of my sweet little Savannah. She really didn't say it that way but could have. Actually I had two kids come up to me and say that they liked the report. It's just a good thing the parents weren't invited.