First Day Eve: Pre-teaching Jitters

Classes start tomorrow. It's been two weeks since my husband and I arrived in the country, and we've adjusted (somewhat) to the heat, humidity, mosquitoes and lack of usable ATMs. There are a lot of things that will take longer to learn. For example, what does 'slebor' mean (it's maybe the most popular graffito around here)? What is the lurid blue liquid sold in kiosks throughout town? What is a reasonable price for a taxi to the beach? For now, I'm preoccupied with tomorrow's task: meeting my 11 elementary-level students for the firs time. They're all male adults from diverse educational backgrounds. A couple have trained to be doctors, one spent most of his youth as a guerrilla in the jungle. Some speak Portuguese, some don't. Some speak Dili Tetun, others a different kind of Tetun. A couple are illiterate in their first languages. How is this going to play out? I'll get back to you tomorrow.