Today has far been one
of the best days of my service. I wasn’t looking forward to school because I was
let down last week when no one showed up for my English Teacher meeting. So I
took my time getting to school. I took laundry to the clothes house (libs bet),
stopped for coffee and went to the bank. When I finally got to school, I went
to my office to drop off my backpack. My next stop was the director’s office,
where I asked for another English teacher meeting. He agreed and a time and day
was set, Thursday at 12:15. I then went back to my office to decide what I was
going to do next. My decision was to think of a day and time where I can have
English hour with the teachers. I made a sign stating “English Hour Wednesday
from 11:15-12:15 and 12:30-1:30 Come practice your English skills”. I showed
the sign to my director and asked if I could post it for the teachers to see.
He said okay, which I was thankful for. I showed the sign to some teachers and
told them about the program.
Next
thing I know I’m playing soccer with two KG (4 year olds) students in a skirt.
It was fun, until the rain came, yes it was a sprinkle but I still was ready to
stop. The three of us went to my office were we got crayons and paper. The KG
students copied my print and wrote the ABC’s. After a few minutes a 1st
grade student joined us. She was waiting to go to class, so she joined us and wrote
the ABC’s, numbers (in number form and in words), and also words I would ask
her. She is very smart for a 1st grade student. After all the kids
left, the Grade 5 English teacher came to my office to ask me some questions
about the text book. It is the first time this has happened this semester.
After
leaving school I went to lunch with Deborah. I stopped by the post office and
picked up some laundry from the clothes house. I then went for coffee. My plan
was to sit by myself and read and write letters, however plans changed. As I was
sitting there, a little boy I know, 3rd grade student joined me. I
put my notebook away and got a piece of paper out and asked him to write things
I was saying. For a 3rd grade student he was struggled. I wrote the
ABC’s and words that start with each letter, then had him copy it. His handwriting
was decent, but not that good. After working for a little while, he went and
got two younger boys. So the three of
them goofed off and showed off for me. The three year old was very smart, he
knew body parts and was very talkative. Most younger children don’t talk to me
or open up like he did. The boys were entertaining.
When
I got home, Samuel and Mulugeta (Sammy’s friend) came into my house. I had them
sit down and read “Spot goes to School” to them. They enjoyed it and we pointed
out certain pictures. After reading they got out the cards, subtraction,
addition, Uno and NatGeo animal cards. The Uno cards they lined up on the
floor. I then asked them to find a number and how many of the number there was.
They practiced their numbers this way. After doing that, I got out cards with
the ABC’s. I mixed them up, held them up and asked them what letter it was and
something that started with that letter. While all this was going on, Eldona
(the baby, 1.5 year old) came in my house; she actually walked in the door, which
has never happened before. She came in almost 5 feet from the door, which
shocked me. I also had the soccer ball out and played with her.
So
all in all…..I’d say a good day. I wrote three letters and made three Halloween
cards, played with lots of children and helped them with their ABC’s. The best
day thus far. I hope teachers show up at my English hour tomorrow and English
teachers show up at the meeting Thursday.
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