Today I got signed up for a volunteer program—Mexico Rural. I think it is going to be a lot of fun. The guy in charge explained it as being like No Child Left Behind, in that the purpose is to bring up the education level of students in small towns. Groups of 7 or 8 students leave Tec de Monterrey at 7:30 Saturday morning. My town, San Jose, is about 1.5 hours away. School starts at 10:00, and goes until 6:00. Then we spend the night at the school (we’re supposed to bring a sleeping back, blanket, and pillow) and teach for a couple hours on Sunday morning, getting back to Monterrey at about 3:00 in the afternoon.
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