10/29/2007 | 22m 55s | Video has closed captioning.
In 1997, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art launched its classroom on wheels education initiative entitled Maya Mobile, a 48-foot truck with an interior designed as an ancient Mayan ruin. Huell accompanies L.A. sixth graders from a local elementary school on this educational journey.
Aired: 10/29/07
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VISITING WITH HUELL HOWSER HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE BY A GENEROUS GRANT FROM THE RALPH M. PARSON'S FOUNDATION.
>> Huell: WELL HELLO EVERYBODY I'M HUELL HOWSER.
AND GET READY FOR A DAY LONG ADVENTURE AND WE'RE STARTING OUR DAY EARLY.
IT'S NOT EARLY FOR YOU.
>> IT'S NORMAL DAY HERE, WE'RE AT MAD SON MIDDLE SCHOOL.
>> Huell: AND YOU'RE THE PRINCIPAL.
>> YES FOR THE LAST 14 YEARS.
>> Huell: WE'RE STANDING HERE LOOKING AT THE KIDS COMING INTO CLASS.
CLASS STARTS IN ABOUT FOUR MINUTES.
>> THAT'S RIGHT AND IF WE DON'T MOVE SOON, WE'LL HAVE OUR TARDY LINE UP.
>> Huell: WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
>> WHEN YOUNG PEOPLE ARRIVE A FEW MINUTES LATE, WE LINE THEM UP SCAN THEIR ID CARDS AND ASSIGN DETENSION.
>> Huell: OH MY GOSH.
>> WELL WE RUN A TIGHT SHIFT.
>> Huell: WE'RE NOT TARDY TODAY, BUT WHEN I WAS YOUNG, I MIGHT BE ON THAT LINE.
IS THAT THE TARDY BELL?
>> YES.
PRETTY SOON THE TABLE WILL COME OUT.
YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE GOING FASTER.
>> Huell: AS MUCH FUN AS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE HERE.
WE'RE NOT HERE TO GO TO CLASS IN ONE OF YOUR BUILDINGS.
>> NO I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE HERE FOR SOMETHING MORE EXCITING.
>> Huell: YES, AND SOMETHING POPULAR WITH THE STUDENTS.
>> THIS IS A PROGRAM WE'VE HAD FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS AND OUR SIXTH GRADERS ENJOY IT.
>> Huell: WE'RE GOING TO SPEND THE DAY AT MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL, NOT IN THE BUILDING BUT WE'RE GOING TO CLASS.
>> WE'RE GOING TO BE IN A MOBILE BUILDING.
>> Huell: DON'T GIVE IT AWAY.
>> I WON'T.
>> Huell: GET BUSY AND GET THESE KIDS IN DETENTION.
>> YOU HAVE A GREAT DAY.
>> Huell: AND YOUR NAME AGAIN.
>> JOANNA, CUNAS.
>> Huell: NICE TO MEET YOU AND NOW OFF TO OUR SPECIAL CLASSROOM.
OKAY.
ADVENTURE BEGINS.
I'M WITH MS. SMITH ONE OF THE COORDINATOR AND MS. KHUNG'S 6TH GRADE CLASS.
AND HERE WE GO.
WE'RE GOING INTO A WONDERFUL CLASSROOM AND IT LOOKS DIFFERENT FROM THE AVERAGE.
>> YES IT IT'S THIS IS THE MAYA MOBILE AND AN IT'S PROGRAM THAT ALL OF OUR SIXTH GRADERS ARE PARTICIPATING IN.
>> Huell: OKAY, GO INSIDE AND HAVE A GOOD TIME.
AND HERE'S THE GUY HERE TO WELCOME US.
MS. SMITH GAVE AWAY A LITTLE BIT OF IT.
IT'S THE MAYA MOBILE.
>> YES, I'VE BEEN WITH THE PROGRAM FOR ALMOST THREE YEARS AND WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGHOUT ALL OVER DIFFERENT L.A. COUNTY SCHOOLS AND WE HAVE THIS WONDERFUL EDUCATION, THAT TEACHES KIDS NOT ONLY ABOUT MAYA ART BUT CULTURE.
>> Huell: SO THIS BIG TRUCK DRIVES UP TO AN AREA AND PARKS FOR WEEK.
>> IT STAYS OUT HERE FOR ALMOST A MONTH, DEPENDS ON THE SIZE OF THE SIXTH GRADE CLASS.
AND WE SET UP THE STEPS AND AWAY WE GO, YOU KNOW.
>> Huell: IT'S GOT TO BE EXCITING FOR THEM.
>> DEFINITELY.
>> Huell: TO DO SOMETHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY GOING INTO A BIG TRUCK LIKE THIS.
>> YUNS YOU GO INSIDE, -- ONCE YOU GO INSIDE, IT PUTS THE CHILDREN IN A DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT.
IT'S DESIGNED NOT YOUR AVERAGE TRUCK.
IT HAS THE FEEL OF A MAYA SITE.
>> Huell: SO FROM THE OUTSIDE, I MEAN IT'S A ATTRACTIVE YOU'VE GOT THIS MAYAN ART WORK OUTSIDE BUT AS WITH MOST CLASSROOMS, IT'S WHAT'S INSIDE.
>> YES.
>> Huell: THAT COUNTS.
>> YES AND ONCE YOU GO INSIDE, YOU'LL SEE THE DIFFERENCE.
THE OUTSIDE HAS EXAMPLES OF MAYA CERAMICS SO SOME OF THE ART WORK THAT THEY PRODUCED.
WE EMPHASIZE ON THE WRITER SYSTEM AS YOU'LL SEE INSIDE AS WELL.
>> Huell: LET'S GO INSIDE, ENOUGH OF THIS.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> Huell: WE'RE INSIDE THE CLASSROOM AND EDUARDO, YOU WERE RIGHT.
THIS HAS A WHOLE WONDERFUL FEEL TO IT.
>> YEAH, ACTUALLY WHAT -- IF YOU STOP AND TAKE A REALLY GOOD LOOK, WE'RE INSIDE THE MAYAN TEMPLE.
YOU CAN SEE THE STONE WALLS AND IT HAS A SECOND FEEL OF AN ARCHEOLOGICAL SITE.
>> Huell: THAT'S WHAT THIS IS.
>> YES, WITH THE LIGHTS AND THE WORK STATION, SO THE KIDS ARE WORKING WITH THE CLAY WHICH IS THE MATERIAL THAT THE ANCIENT MAYAN WROTE BUT THEY'RE WORKING WITH THE WRITING SYSTEM.
YOU'LL SEE THAT EACH STUDENTS IS CHOOSING OUT A HYLOGRIPHIC AND PAINTING IT.
>> Huell: THIS THE ART TEACHER.
>> THIS IS THE ART TEACHER.
>> Huell: HUELL HOWSER.
>> HUGO.
>> Huell: TELL US WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE KIDS AND THE TILE AND THE PAINT.
>> WHAT'S HAPPENING IS THAT THEY'RE MAKE AN ART PROJECT BASED ON A HIGHER GRIFIC AND WE'RE TEACHING HERE LANGUAGE, THROUGH ART.
AND AT THE SAME TIME WE'RE TEACHING THEM HOW TO APPRECIATE ART THROUGH MAKING AN ACTUAL PROJECT.
>> Huell: SO THEY'RE GETTING A BLANK TILE.
CAN I PICKUP YOUR TILE FOR A MINUTE.
>> SURE.
>> Huell: AND THEN THEY LOOK AT WHAT?
>> ONE OF THESE CODES, SEE IN FRONT OF THEM.
AND WHAT THEY DO, BASICALLY THEY TRANSLATE MODERN DAY SYMBOLS THAT THEY SEE EVERY DAY ON THEIR WAY HOME OR IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY, AND THEN THEY TRANSLATE IT FOR THEM.
THESE SYMBOLS INTO WHAT THEY'RE REPRESENTATIONS ARE IN MAYAN WRITING.
>> Huell: OH.
>> AND WHAT WE DO, WE BASICALLY ARE LETTING THEM COULDDO THE HYLO GRAPHIC AND WE GIVE THEM PAINTS TO THEY CAN PAINT THEM.
AND WE TAKE THEM TO THE MUSEUM AND THEY GET THEM BACK IN ABOUT A WEEK'S TIME.
>> Huell: YOU HAD AN EXAMPLE HERE.
>> YEAH, BASICALLY --.
>> Huell: LOOK CAMERON, THIS IS INTERESTING.
>> THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF SIXTH PROJECT WHERE THEY HAVE GLAZED THE TILE AND THEY'VE DONE THEIR HYLOGLIFIC.
>> Huell: OH FS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AFTER IT'S GLAZED.
>> EXACTLY.
>> Huell: SO THEY GET THE TILE TO KEEP.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
AND DIFFERENT SCHOOLS THAT WE'VE GONE HAVE DONE SOME INTERESTING PROJECTS.
SOMETIMES THE SCHOOL COORDINATES IT AND THEY MAKE A MURAL WITH THESE.
>> Huell: THAT'S GREAT.
>> AND THEY PUT THEM UP ON THE WALL AND YOU HAVE OVER 300 TILES WHICH IS AMAZING.
>> Huell: AND THE KIDS MUST LOVE THIS.
LOOK UP HERE, WHAT ARE YOU DRAWING BACK HERE?
>> THIS IS FOR THE FLOWER.
THIS IS TRANSLATION FOR A FLOWER.
>> Huell: HERE'S THE FLOWER RIGHT HERE.
IS THAT A FRAUR?
>> YEAH.
>> Huell: OH YEAH, OKAY.
SO THIS IS THE MAYAN SYMBOL FOR FLOWER?
AND YOU'VE GOT IT THERE ON YOUR TILE AND YOU'RE DOING A --.
>> SUN, THIS IS THE TRANSLATION FOR A SUN.
>> Huell: LOOK, IT IS THE MAYAN SYMBOL FOR SUN.
VERY VERY INTERESTING.
YOU'VE GOT A --.
>> A MAN.
>> Huell: A MAN.
THESE ARE KIND OF STRANGE SYMBOLS.
>> YEAH.
>> Huell: YOU WOULD NOT KNOW WHAT THEY WERE.
AND YOURS IS?
>> THE FISH.
>> Huell: THIS IS THE ONE THAT WE ALL RECOGNIZE HERE.
AND NOW THEY'RE START TO GO PAINT.
>> YEAH, AFTER THEY DRAW THEIR TILE, THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND REACH FOR GLAZE PAINT AND THEY START TO APPLY IT ON THEIR TILES.
>> Huell: THIS ARTS PART WHERE THEY DO THE TILES, THIS IS JUST A SMALL PART OF IT.
THERE IS HISTORY AND ALL KINDS OF LECTURES AND FILMS AND ALL SORTS OF THINGS.
>> ACTUALLY, WE SHOW THEM A FILM.
AND THEY'RE EXCUSE FROM THEIR REGULAR HISTORY CLASS.
BUT WE GIVE THEM A HISTORY CLASS DEALING WITH ONE SPECIFIC CIVILIZATION.
>> Huell: IS THIS STATE WIDE?
THIS PART OF THE CURRICULUM.
>> MAYAN, HITS THE 7th GRADE BUT DEALING WITH THE CIVILIZATION.
SO ANOTHER ASPECT IS A FIELD TRIP TO THE MUSEUM WHERE THEY GET A GUIDED TOUR AND THEY SEE NOT ONLY THE CIVILIZATION BUT GREEK AND ANCIENT AND ROAM.
>> Huell: ALL OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATION.
>> YES.
>> Huell: AND THIS IS PART OF THE -- I MEAN THIS IS ALL UNDER WRITTEN BY LAGMA.
>> THIS IS FUNDED BY THE GLIT FOUNDATION.
>> Huell: WOW, WHAT A GREAT IDEA.
>> IT'S FASCINATING, IT'S A NEAT PROJECT AND IT'S A GREAT WAY TO TEACH CHILDREN.
>> Huell: AND WHAT ROLE DO YOU THINK THAT IT'S A MOBILE CLASSROOM THAT IT'S DIFFERENT FROM THE CLASSROOM THEY'RE USED TO BEING IN EVERY DAY?
DOES THAT ADD A SENSE OF EXCITEMENT THAT WOULD NOT NORMALLY BE HERE?
>> I THINK IT DOES ADD A SENSE OF EXCITEMENT.
THEY REALLY ARE PULLED OUT OF THEIR NORMAL ENVIRONMENT AND THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE IN A DIFFERENT WORLD.
SOMETIMES THEY DON'T WANT TO LEAVE, THEY WANT TO STAY INSIDE AND IT PUTS THEM IN THE IMAGINATION OF BEING INSIDE A MAYAN ENVIRONMENT.
>> Huell: YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE IN A MAYAN TEMPLE THIS IS GREAT.
WE HAVE TWO VISITORS FROM LACMA.
THIS IS YOUR PROGRAM.
>> YES.
>> Huell: DOES THIS PROGRAM GET AN A-?
>> DEFINITELY AN A-PROGRAM.
>> HOW DID SOMETHING LIKE THIS COME TO THE MINDS OF THE PEOPLE?
>> ACTUALLY THE DONOR CAME TO US AND TOLD US THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO FUND A TRUCK AND WHAT KIND OF PROGRAM WOULD WE LIKE TO DO.
SO WE CAME UP WITH THIS IDEA TO COMPLIMENT OUR COLLECTION OF MAYAN ART.
AND WE WANTED TO GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME TO THE MUSEUM TO SEE ACTUAL OBJECTS.
>> Huell: SO IT ALL TIES TOGETHER.
>> YES SO WE PUT THE PROGRAM ON THE IDEA OF HAVING A TRUCK.
>> Huell: AND AS THE LADY WHO HELPS COORDINATE ALL THIS, WITH ALL THE SCHOOLS, ARE THERE MORE SCHOOLS WANTING THIS THAN TIME FOR THE TRUCK TO BE THERE?
>> DEFINITELY.
THE SCHOOLS ARE SO LARGE, THAT IT WILL BE IN ONE SCHOOL USUALLY LONGER THAN A MONTH'S TIME.
>> Huell: HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHO WILL GET THE TRUCK AND WHO ISN'T?
>> IT'S BASED ON THE MONTHS THAT THE SCHOOL HAS CHOSEN NUMBER OF STUDENTS AND WHAT BEST FACILITATES THE SCHOOL'S CALENDAR.
>> Huell: YOU HAVE FILM AND STLIEDS DOWN THIS TRAILER.
AND ALL OF THIS WONDERFUL -- THIS LOOKS LIKE VERY OLD VINTAGE EQUIPMENT HERE?
>> WHAT WE TRY TO RECREATE IS A FEEL OF AN EARLY ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES THAT FIRST WENT INTO THE MAYAN RUINS SO THIS HAS THE 1940s ARCHEOLOGICAL ESTIMATE.
IT HAS A LOOK TO IT --.
>> Huell: WHAT DOES IT DO?
>> THE BUTTONS CONTROL THE LIGHTS, THE SOUND AND SO WE CREATE DIFFERENT AFFECTS WITH ALL THE SWITCH.
BASICALLY CONTROL THE VIDEO AND ALL THE OTHER EQUIPMENT.
>> Huell: OH YOU'VE GOT BIRDS AND JUNGLE SOUNDS.
>> YES, IT'S THE SOUND OF JUNGLE.
>> Huell: THAT'S GREAT.
WHAT OTHER SOUNDS DO YOU HAVE?
>> THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WITH THE I IMAGES.
>> Huell: SO THEY GET THE IMAGES AND SOUNDS AND TILE TOUCHING AND LOOKING AND FEELING.
>> THAT'S DEFINITELY IT.
>> Huell: NOW IS THIS YOUR SPECIALTY?
>> WELL MY FIELD OF STUDY IS IN MEZO AMERICAN STUDIES AND THAT IS RIGHT UP MY ALI AND THIS IS WHAT I'M STUDYING IN SCHOOL.
I'M A GRADUATE STUDENT.
>> Huell: THIS IS MADE TO ORDER FOR YOU.
>> YEAH, I FEEL PRETTY FORTUNATE TO BE PART OF THIS PRA.
I LANDED IN A NICE SPOT.
>> Huell: YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING GOOD AND TURNING KIDS ON.
>> THAT'S THE BIGGEST REGARD, OUT OF ALL THE CHILDREN I SEE, THERE ARE A GROUP OF KIDS THAT ARE REALLY EXCITED LEARNING ABOUT ARCHEOLOGY AND THEY ASK FOR MORE AND ASK FOR BOOKS.
THAT STUFF REALLY MAKES MY DAY.
IT ADS PURPOSE TO MY LIFE.
>> Huell: THERE IS ART EVERYWHERE THIS FITS PERFECTLY WITH WHAT YOU'RE ALL ABOUT.
>> WELL I'M AN ARTIST, I'M NUP KELLOGS AND VALENCIA.
>> Huell: HOW DID SOMETHING LIKE THIS COME YOUR WAY?
>> I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS JUST ABOUT FOUR YEARS.
AND I'VE BEEN WORKING ART INSTREKT OR -- INSTRUCTOR THROUGHOUT LOS ANGELES.
AND WHEN I CAME INTO THIS PROGRAM, IT WAS A NEAT EXPERIENCE IT JUST ALLOWED TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE KIDS.
AND -- IN GREATER NUMBERS.
SOMETIMES WE DO ABOUT CLOSE TO 5,000 KIDS IN ONE YEAR.
>> Huell: YOU'RE KIDDING.
>> NO ABSOLUTELY.
COVERING 70 SCHOOLS THOSE ARE LARGE STUDENT BODIES.
SO BY THE END OF YEAR --.
>> Huell: YOU'VE MADE A LOT OF TILES.
>> YES.
>> Huell: AND LISTENED TO A LOT OF BIRDS.
THESE BIRDS BEGIN TO GET ON YOUR NERVES AFTER A WHILE.
THAT'S OKAY, YOU CAN LEAVE IT UP.
BUT IT PERMEATES THE AIR.
>> IT DOES, AND ONE OTHER THING THAT'S GREAT, ONCE THEY GET THE TILE, IT'S AUTOMATIC ABOUT THE KIDS.
WE GET SO MANY LETTERS FROM TEACH SXERZ KIDS THEMSELVES THAT-- TEACHERS AND KIDS THAT ARE AMAZED THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
>> Huell: WE HAVE A LITTLE INNOVATION.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
CAN I SEE YOURS?
HERE WHAT YOU HAVE IS NOT ONLY DO THEY MAKE THE HIGHER GLIF.
>> Huell: SHE ADDED ALL THE DOTS.
>> YES AND THIS INTERESTING WAY.
IN HER HER OWN WAY.
THIS IS AN AMAZING PROGRAM IN A SENSE THAT WE HAVE HAD ACTUALLY, MAYAN SPEAKERS FROM CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE SOUTHERN PI -- PENINSULA.
>> Huell: WAIT A MINUTE YOU HAVE CHILDREN IN YOUR CLASSES SPEAKING MAYAN.
>> YES, YOU HAVE THEM AND THEY'LL ACTUALLY TEACH YOU HOW TO PRONOUNCE THE ACTUAL WORDS BETTER.
>> Huell: I THOUGHT THE MAYAN CULTURE WAS AN ANCIENT CULTURE THAT HAD VANISHED FROM THE EARTH?
>> THOSE ARE SOME OF THE MYTHS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DISS SPELL-- SPELL BY SHARING THE HISTORY OF MAYAN.
IT'S A CONTEMPORARY CULTURE.
TELL THAT TO THE 3 MILLION PEOPLE INAL AMERICA.
>> Huell: SO THERE IS A MAYA LANGUAGE?
>> THERE IS A VARIETY OF MAYA LANGUAGE.
>> Huell: IS IT LIKE SPANISH?
>> NOTHING LIKE SPANISH.
IT'S AN INDIGENOUS NATIVE LANGUAGE PART OF THE NATIVE AMERICANS THAT WE HAVE IN PART OF THE AMERICAS.
THERE IS A NUMBER OF THEM.
>> Huell: I THINK MOST OF US NEED TO COME TO CLASS HERE.
I THOUGHT IT WAS ONE OF THOSE CIVILIZATIONS LIKE VANISHED AND WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT MUCH ABOUT IT EXCEPT FROM THE RUINS THAT EXIST IN THE MIDDLE OF THE JUNGLES THAT EXIST IN CENTRAL AMERICA.
>> NO MORE TEMPLES IN THAT WAY, BUT THE MAYA ARE STILL CULTIVATING THE LAND AND STILL SPEAKING THE LANGUAGE AND STILL LIVING THE CULTURES AND TRADITIONS DAY-TO-DAY.
>> Huell: WOW.
>> THAT'S WHAT WE LIKE TO SHARE.
EVEN THE CHILDREN ARE PART OF THAT CULTURE IN THE SIMPLE FACT THAT THEY EAT CORN TORE AT TORTILLAS AND TAMALES THAT GO BACK.
>> Huell: WHAT ELSE DID THE MAYA GIVE US?
>> ASIDE FROM THAT --.
>> Huell: WE'VE GOT TO START, THIS HOUR AND A HALF LECTURE.
>> WELL ASIDE FROM THE RICH VARIETY OF FOOD, WE HAVE ALL THE VALUABLE CERAMIC.
BUT THEY HAVE -- WE SHARE WITH THEM A LOST THINGS LIKE THE BALL GAMES.
THE CHILDREN ARE INTO SPORTS THAT'S THE FAVORITE RECESS AND LUNCH TIME PLAYING BASKETBALL.
DID YOU KNOW THAT MAYA HAD A SOLID RIVER BALL THAT THEY BOUNCED AROUND.
>> Huell: THIS WAS HOW MANY THOUSANDS YEARS BACK?
>> YOU CAN GO 4,000 YEARS WITH THE MAYA CIVILIZATION AND THEY WERE DOING THIS.
THE INVENTION OF RUBBER AND THEY DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S NATIVE TO THE AMERICAS.
THIS WALL IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF MAYA CERAMICS.
THEY WERE NOT GLAZEING THE WAY THE CHILDREN ARE GLAZING AND SLIPS ARE DIFFERENT COLOR CLAYS.
IT CHANGES THE COLOR OF THE SOUND.
AND MAYAN GO AROUND COLLECTING THEM AND APPLYING THEM LIKE POINT.
>> Huell: YOU GET EXCITING YOU SMILE WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT IT.
AND THAT'S GRIET.
WHAT'S WHAT A TEACHER SHOULD DO.
WHAT DO KIDS GAIN FROM STUDYING THESE ANCIENT CIVILIZATION.
>> ONE OF THE MOST VALUABLE THING, I MAKE A GENUINE CONNECTION WITH THE CHILDREN AND THE CULTURE CONNECTION, SO THAT SOME OF THEM CAN SEE, THEY'RE OWN ROOTS AND A LOT OF CHILDREN IN THE L.A. AREA, HAVE SOME SORT OF DISS CENTURY OR MAYA.
FOR EVEN ALL CHILDREN IT ADS ANOTHER CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE AND THEIR CURRICULUM IS DEALING WITH THE CIVILIZATION BUT THIS MAKES IT REAL FOR THEM.
AND IT HELPS WITH THEM AND THEY CAN FIND A GREAT CONNECTION TO TEACH THIS STUFF LATER ON.
>> Huell: AND ISN'T IT INTERESTING THAT ALL OF THIS IS INTERESTING -- YOU'RE IN A LITTLE TIME CAPSULE HERE WITH THE SITES AND THE SOUNDS THAT TAKE YOU BACK, ALL OF THIS IS HAPPENING INSIDE A TRAILER.
>> TRAILER.
>> Huell: PARKED OUT --.
>> ON A SCHOOL YARD.
>> Huell: YARD.
>> THERE IS BASKETBALL COURTS OUTSIDE, BUT THE CHILDREN FORGET THAT.
BEING IN HERE, I EVEN FORGET WHERE I'M AT.
YOU WALK OUT, AND IT'S OKAY, BACK TO THE REAL WORLD.
YOU'RE INSIDE THE MAYA TEMPLE FOR NOW IT'S NEAT AND THE CHILDREN ENJOY THAT.
>> DID EVERYBODY GET THEIR NAME WRITTEN ON THE BACK OF YOUR TILES?
EVERYBODY: YES.
>> OKAY, ONCE YOU GET A CHANCE, I WANT YOU TO PASS THE PENCIL TO THE LEFT CORNER OF THE TABLE.
IF YOU THINK YOU'RE FINISHED, YOU'VE GOT TO GIVE ME THE TILE.
>> IF YOU WANT, YOU CAN MAKE THIS A LITTLE BIT DARKER.
AND IT WILL BE A THICKER PART TO DO.
YOU JUST TAKE THE BRUSH AND DO THAT.
ONE OF THESE COLORS.
THIS IS THE SAME COLOR.
>> YOU HAVE TO GO BACK WITH A LITTLE BIT OF IDEA.
>> IF YOU WANT TO ADD ANOTHER THING, YOU CAN.
THAT LOOKS REALLY GOOD.
THAT'S EXCELLENT.
THAT IS BEAUTIFUL.
YEAH, WHAT THIS DOES, IT GETS IT LOOKING A LITTLE BIT NICE AND TIGHT AND AT THE SAME TIME, IF YOU WANT TO, YOU CAN BEGIN PAINTING THE SIDES OF THE TILE.
>> Huell: THERE THEY ARE.
GIVE US A WAVE.
DON'T DROP YOUR TILE THOUGH.
VISITING WITH HUELL HOWSER HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE BY A GENEROUS GRANT FROM THE RALPH M. PARSON'S FOUNDATION.
