My internet has been mostly down for 8 days, which saved my readers from a blow-by-blow description of what's been going on! I might think in terms of weekly, rather than daily updates.
Fran has moved in with me. She is sleeping on the couch and has been spending her days studying for the upcoming entrance examinations, enrolling and starting classes at the Oaxaca Learning Center, and visiting schools to obtain information. We have started daily English classes.
She has a class in math, starting with algebra and proceeding through physics and calculus, three evenings per week. On Saturdays she has a 4-hour English class which is 80% English and 20% Spanish. Her skills in math and English have been assessed by the school.
In addition, a friend has volunteered her Oaxacan husband, an engineer, to spend 3 hours with Fran assessing her skills in math. So she will be very well informed about what she needs to improve and learn!
When she is not in formal classes she is often sitting at a table in my living room with her stack of books to study and she doesn't look up for two hours! She is very methodical in practicing her math so that she can see it get easier day by day. She amazes me.
The plan is that starting next week, once her schedule is more established and she is more familiar with the demands being placed on her time, she will start to look for suitable employment.
The only thing I want to add is how deeply content I feel as I watch her apply herself, experience new people and ideas, and see the joy she feels in this opportunity. If you have helped by donating money, you can be assured that not a penny of it will be wasted on this ambitious young woman!
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