Life in the Comedor

Guest Blogger #5

Pepe

Welcome to the CVE Comedor, summer home of Maestro Limón y Maestro Pepe's classes.

The Rules are simple:

· Bring your stuff.

· Have a good attitude.

· Do everything as well as you can without staying in the Comedor.

· Be respectful.

Confused by rule #3? Don’t be. It’s just one of our ways getting the kids to leave so that we have more time to sneak back into the bodega for snacks.

We also accomplish this by sending the kids to sew or to work on their own in the corner.

Of course, this is an equal opportunity Comedor. Even the boys and the girl with a broken wrist are sent to sew.

Can you really blame us when we’re forced to teach while people bake wonderfully smelling pumpkin pies? I’m sure you’d send the kids off so you could sneak some food too!

What do the kids think of all this? Well, of course they’re not very pleased…

…but it’s ok. As we all know, it’s things like this that build character.

But of course, I’m kidding.

The third rule of the Comedor is not that the kids do their best work without sticking around; it’s that they do their best work without complaining. If you look closely at the “Reglas” picture you will notice that the incorrectly written quedarse has been changed to quejarse. Do your best without complaining! Much better.

And, though the Maestros do often make excursions to the bodega for snacks, all of the kids immensely enjoy their sewing classes with Marie (even the boys), and have finished some very impressive projects! As for the last two pictures of Magda and Fede with their unhappy faces, well, Magda was unhappy that I wasn’t giving her more math to practice (really!) and Fede was upset that he couldn’t remember where a certain country was.

In fact, the Comedor is a place of games…

…happiness…

…friendship…

…and even some actual teaching!

Still don’t believe me? Well, just ask Uriel. Look how excited he is to see that his schedule is filled with the blue that signifies a class with Pepe y Limón!

So my friends, have no fear. The CVE Comedor is a lovely place where children can come on hot summer mornings knowing that they will leave after a class or two with their minds (and their teachers’ stomachs) well-fed.