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What happened today
Today, as always I do it, I got up at 7.00 am, put the kettle on fire and woke up my children. We had tea and milk for breakfast. Then, we went to the Bakery and I bought some biscuits for my kids. I took my son to School and went back home with my little daughter. I immediately turn on my computer and checked emails. After that, I sent a message to a Computer Studies teacher with whom we are carrying out a Skype project at School.
I was fulfillying my job responsabilities when my daughter asked me to play with her. I didn´t leave my tasks and she kept on insisting to play with her. I couldn´t bear the guilt of devoting more time thinking about my job to spending it with my daughter. So, I left my task and went to the bedroom to play with her. We had a teddies party and I enjoyed seeing my little daughter smiled.
At 11.00 am. my husband phoned to tell me he wasn´t coming home for lunch. Afterwards, I cooked some potatoes, carrots and broccoli. Later, at 11.50 am my daughter and I went to School to pick up my son and went home for lunch.
After lunch, my son did his homework, my daughter went to sleep and I washed the dishes. Next, I turned on the computer to write this new entry on Itaki because I really want to improve my second language.
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My Family
I´ve got a big family. I´ve got my mother and my father, two sisters, called Rosa and Raquel, and a brother called José. My father is 70 and he´s a farmer, my mother is 68 and she´s a housewife. My sister, Rosa, is a teacher, she´s 45, Raquel is a housewife, she´s 44, José is an employee and he´s 30. Rosa has got a son and a daughter, they are 14 and 9 years old. Raquel has got a son, a daughter and twins. José has got a son and a daughter. They are 9 and 3 years old.
I live with my husband, David, and my two children, David and Isabella. My husband is an employee and he´s a hardworking, helpful and generous man. My kids are 7 and 3 years old. My son is a sweet, tender and clever boy. He loves drawing and playing football. My daughter is a restless but very affectionate, caring and helpful little girl.
She loves dancing and singing.
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My hometown
I live in a town in the centre of Córdoba, Argentina. It´s small but quiet. There is a Bank, a Hospital, a Church, a Police Station, a Post Office, a Café, an Elementary School, a High School and a River near the town. There are some shops, Greengrocer´s, some Baker´s, some Butcher´s, some Kiosks, two Clubs, two Parks, two restaurants and a lot of Hairdresser´s. There isn´t a Cinema or a Disco in my town. There aren´t any Universities, Shopping Centres, Zoos, Museums or Theatres. You can spend some time at the river or at the Parks at the weekends. Teenagers usually go to a Pub or a Café at night and adult people eat at a Restaurant or have dinner at a friend´s or relative´s. Mariza´s Bakery has delicious croissants and cookies but they are too expensive. Mauricio´s Clothes Shop has great jeans but they aren´t cheap. People in my town are nice, polite and friendly.
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My Job
I am an English teacher. I have started teaching English, in 1997, in small rural schools and then in a Private Institute. In 2002 I got a job in a High School and in two Adult Schools. I have taught little kids since 1997 and 7th, 8th and 9th graders since 2002.
Now, I feel that my English is stagnant, that I am loosing fluency. I haven´t had many opportunities of practicing my English with native speakers. No English native speakers live in my town or in neighboring cities. And as always you realize what you need when you need it. This year I created a project and shared it in a website to give my students the opportunity to speak English with students from other countries via Skype video calls. When I made the trial video calls with the other teachers I felt really embarrased and sad for not being able to speak as fluently and correctly as I wished.
That is the main reason I have joined italki.com to find someone eager to help me refresh my English.
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