Jem's turn...being my turn!!

Well what an interesting few days we have had since the teachers arrived and we begun going through the curriculum, talking about displays and trying to get these women to understand the concept of westernised teaching.
 
1. They all seem to talk at once
2. They worry about having an aiya (maid) to take the children to the bathroom
3. They get told to do something and 4 of them decide they will sit there and just let everyone go off

WOWZER!! But to be honest I am incredibly relaxed. I am happy to just let them be a little slow and do most of the planning for them to start with because I think that is the least of all our worries.

When we started 2011 at ROPS we went with the philosophy that we had to laugh everyday...well we need to laugh every minute in this place because otherwise we would jump off the building I think.

Everytime you ask someone to do something...they ask someone under them...then the photocopy/everything boy does it...then he tells the driver to do it...then he tells the cleaning lady who is only there to wash the stairs to do it. Magnificent isn't it!!!!!!!!

The teachers had no idea that they would have to photocopy and prepare their worksheets so they waited at the P/C for Filzell (general everything boy) to do it. They waited 10minutes just standing there until I came down and taught them how to do it. We asked them to pick up their cutting scraps after an activity and they swept them onto the floor and did nothing. Ohh these people have no idea about doing things themselves as everyone has someone else to do it for them.

Other than all that...we are having fun going around the local markets. I got a 1 hour manicure today for $300 tk which is about $5 and we finally have the internet at home.

Enriching to say the least.

Jem