My name is Mary Moore-Eye.

Today was my first day working at the school!  I am helping the English teacher, who speaks English but still needs help with pronunciation, checking papers, etc.,   By the way, here it’s not like the United States where during any given day you probably see several different ethnicities.  My hair might as well be lime green, because I pretty much stick out like a sore thumb.  So, when I walked in the classroom all of the little kids were excited/curious/bewildered.  It was pretty fun.  Maria, the English teacher, let them ask me any questions they wanted before we began our lesson, as long as it was in English.  

Typical questions I got were:

What is your name?

“Madi” Which they have a terrible time pronouncing.  They think I’m saying Mary so I always have to spell it out.  They think it’s a weird name.

How old are you?

What is your favorite color?

What is your favorite animal?

Where are you from?

What part of the United States is that?

One boy asked me if I was from California?  I said “Noooo! I am from Texas.  It is much better.”

What is your last name?

Wow, if I thought Madi was hard for them, Murray was next to impossible.  They did the rolling r….and they pronounced it like Moorrrrrrrrrr-eye.

What are the names of your parents?

            Scott and Suzy. Again, lots of difficulties and strange looks.

How many brothers and sisters do you have?

“Wow” they said after I told them.  I also made sure to say that I am the youngest, and the favorite.

What is your favorite sport?

Oh, and my favorite question of the day:

What is your telephone number?

            When he asked this one, he and several other little boys got their pencils ready.  I told them I do not have one.  White lies are ok sometimes, right?