On Thursday, I tutored Sr. Constance in the morning in English, then assisted in computer class. After classes, I supervised the 8 or so girls in the “media club” as they read headlines on the internet. They report out to their classmates on current events at assembly Monday and Friday mornings.
Andrew and Nathan worked with a group of students to paper mache some balloons to make bowls. After classes, I helped them peel papyrus for paper-making. They harvested the papyrus from the river nearby. This was the very river where thousands of bodies were thrown during the genocide to be swept out of the country. I think that for Nathan, creating beautiful art from the papyrus of this river is an act of reclaiming the local environs for peace.
Today, Nathan and Andrew led the girls in some more paper mache globe-making and paper making. I missed it because I had teaching to do! I did a lesson for the Senior 1b’s about see, hear, taste, and smell, which, it turns out, are special verbs because they take the present simple conjugation even when the meaning is continuous. For example, you say “I smell oregano,” not “I am smelling oregano.” They practiced these by writing stories in groups about some interesting pictures I found in my travel magazine. I also did a tutoring session on direct and reported speech with my senior 2s. This turns out to be complicated as well! The girls are studying hard this weekend for their CAT exams (like midterms).
Andrew, Laura and I stayed up until nearly 2 talking and drinking and playing cards. It was a great time in our sheltered little environment of the faculty house.
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