here are some photos of this mural i helped out on today. it's a map of the world on the wall of this elementary school in a crappy neighborhood in granada. this guy at my school was assisting some peace corps volunteers with it and said they needed more help. so i borrowed this hilarious bmx bike from the 10 year old boy who lives in the house i'm staying at and rode off to paint venezuela, china, bulgaria, uganda and new zealand pink. teenagers on the street seemed to think the gringa on the bmx was a pretty funny sight.. since school's out for summer, there were kids hanging out near the school playing around us and vying for a paintbrush. i loaned them my digital camera for a few minutes and they took some amazing shots of themselves and the whole scene. i peeked in the school and found a students' bill of rights, which apparently is the norm at schools around here. also the norm is the lack of paper. there are no worksheets or anything like that and kids have to pay to take tests. we were out in the sun for about four hours this afternoon and the mural is almost done. going back tomorrow to help them finish it up.
also, when kids get their pictures taken here, saying "cheese" doesn't fly. these kids yell "whiskey!"
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