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SO MUCH FOR A HOLIDAY
the project is really demanding to be honest, but from the 2 and bit weeks teaching a may just be making a little headway with some of the kids. Im starting to have a lot more respect for the teachers back home. Grade 9s had their english and maths this week and I was a little worried for them. Also feeling the pain of marking though!!!
Its actually sort of cold some of the time, but in the day It gets hella hot, and its not even summer yet, or mosquito season. The african sunsets are beautifal though.
We have to wake up at almost 4 every morning, and get ready to leave for half six. school starts at 7 and finished at 2 - the whole of s.a runs like 2 hours behind england! its a very long walk back to sekonye, where our lovely host lives!
We get lots of meat, and the host makes LOADS of biscuits and scones as part of here job. There is also a lot of fizzy pop here and also custard - my dentist wont be pleased.
There is honestly loads to talk about, there are so many differences its unreal. We spend a lot of the walk home talking about things we miss: Roast dinners, Showers, proper tea ect, but I will share one fond memory already!
Thursday, and I have 7 periods to teach, and the kids are being a bit of a mare, partly because I was given no time to plan the lesson at all. On top of that, the water is giving me a few "problems", and I eat nothing all day. After school we do football with the grade 11s and 12s and HAVE to play. completely dead by the time I get home walking, which is around half 5. Clouds roll in and its dark by half 6, I treat myself to a whole 8 inches of water in the bath... Feeling miserable, A thunderstorm rolls in, which is HUGE. the whole sky lights up. A rare treat - yorkshire tea brought from home is had outside watching the skies. The power goes out, and inside we have scones, food on an empty stomach, and sing gospel by candlelight. AMAZING
Simply can't keep up with all these blog posts, Gabriel.
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ReplyDeleteSO MUCH FOR A HOLIDAY
the project is really demanding to be honest, but from the 2 and bit weeks teaching a may just be making a little headway with some of the kids. Im starting to have a lot more respect for the teachers back home. Grade 9s had their english and maths this week and I was a little worried for them. Also feeling the pain of marking though!!!
Its actually sort of cold some of the time, but in the day It gets hella hot, and its not even summer yet, or mosquito season. The african sunsets are beautifal though.
We have to wake up at almost 4 every morning, and get ready to leave for half six. school starts at 7 and finished at 2 - the whole of s.a runs like 2 hours behind england! its a very long walk back to sekonye, where our lovely host lives!
We get lots of meat, and the host makes LOADS of biscuits and scones as part of here job. There is also a lot of fizzy pop here and also custard - my dentist wont be pleased.
There is honestly loads to talk about, there are so many differences its unreal. We spend a lot of the walk home talking about things we miss: Roast dinners, Showers, proper tea ect, but I will share one fond memory already!
Thursday, and I have 7 periods to teach, and the kids are being a bit of a mare, partly because I was given no time to plan the lesson at all. On top of that, the water is giving me a few "problems", and I eat nothing all day. After school we do football with the grade 11s and 12s and HAVE to play. completely dead by the time I get home walking, which is around half 5. Clouds roll in and its dark by half 6, I treat myself to a whole 8 inches of water in the bath... Feeling miserable, A thunderstorm rolls in, which is HUGE. the whole sky lights up. A rare treat - yorkshire tea brought from home is had outside watching the skies. The power goes out, and inside we have scones, food on an empty stomach, and sing gospel by candlelight. AMAZING