The kids have been practicing for these games that lead to some sort of Championship at the end of the school year. The events are volleyball, soccer, and chess. The volleyball and soccer teams at Paz y Esperanza have not had much success; the only game won between both teams was a volleyball game against a really small public school in Socabaya (about 60 students). The game was also only won by 2 points in the third match...
Anyway, the chess team has not had any real "games" since they are "training" for a tournament in a few weeks. The boys are waaay more involved in the "training" than the girls and often opt out of recess to practice and have mini tournaments of their own. This is refreshing. And I am particularly interested in the games since they use the CDCA game board and chess pieces. The kids are trying to teach me how to improve my strategy. Some of them are actually quite good. Two of them have beaten me as well. As you can see above, their concentration is intense. They aren't very competitive, which is good, but they are mostly highly motivated and intentional.
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