It took me a second to realize he wanted me to push him. I always get thrown off when English words are thrown into a Spanish sentence. Oh Spanglish.
Today, I pushed Jonatán up and down the sidewalk outside his casa hogar (children's home). Of course, he didn't get tired because he had the plastic baby bike without wheels--so he wasn't doing any of the work. But his job was to steer with the wheel, which I noticed all the other kids did pretty well (even the younger ones).
I soon realized he didn't know his left or his right. When I told him to turn left, he either turned right or didn't do anything. As I tried to teach him what direction is left and which is right, I realized you can't use the same trick you use in English. When learning my left, I remember my teacher having us hold up our left hands as she traced an L from our index finger to our thumb.
But izquierda doesn't really work the same. So I didn't have a trick to help Jonatán remember which way was left. I was stumped.
Fortunately, repetition works pretty well though. By the end of the day, I think he started to catch on. At least, we ran into less walls and didn't end up on the grass.
On a different note, have you ever seen a more fancy Wendy's? Yep, even Wendy's has made its way to Monterrey. And it tastes the same!
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| You have to dress up to go this classy Wendy's. |
Have a great week everyone!
--Nathan
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