A week and random pictures
on Anna's Suitcase (Rwanda), 29/Jan/2010 18:24, 34 days ago
Patrick and I on this steep rocky hill just after I told him we were going to the wrong school. He hopped off, pushed the bike part of the way up the hill before I got on and were were off. Nakibazo! (No problem)I always drive passed this field of pineapples and something usually prevents me from taking pictures: I've forgotten my camera, it's raining, or the time that Patrick had his motorbike taken by the police...... This time we stopped and it was well worth it. When I returned back to the office, Jason - who is trying to plot our schools on GoogleEarth because there exist no good maps - ask me to where Kanazi school was. I had difficulty explaining it until I said, "Well, from the pineapples you...." I thought he would look at me like I was crazy but of course he said "Oh right. Yes, the pineapples." We are beginning to give directions like the locals.Who knew that this is what pineapples looked like? My learning curve just gets steeper and steeper.I spent one afternoon getting sample rice sack resources ready for the training in February. I know, I know...you're all finding it hard to believe that I've never taught elementary school....(if writing neatly on rice sacks was all it took - sign me up!) My goal is to have one of these in each classroom in my focus schools (five schools in total) so that students have constant exposure to something simple and in English.This is a game called "Alpahbet Toss". Students pick a topic and then through a stone. Whichever letter the stone lands on, the must come up with a vocabulary word beginning with that letter. Could use Fanta tops for different players and could give each a point value (like Scrabble). We'll see how it actually works in practice. I'll let you know.Patrick is currently practicing to get his vehicle liscience. This is the soccer field near the district where they practice driving. The vehicle is the only driving school vehicle in town.The AMA, Rwandan-style