Teaching

Some sad news this morning: Danielle, a fellow PCT, was hit by a motorcycle yesterday but she is going to be OK. PC isn’t kidding when they say the roads are probably the most dangerous thing we will have to deal with. In fact, I was hit by the side-view mirror (which luckily folded in) of a car while walking near CCT.
Big surprise, the Form 2 Chemistry teacher isn’t back yet. The Form 3 teacher is gone for an exam. What happened to the teacher coming back at the end of last week? So I just did my lesson of introducing myself and where I am from (using maps) and then asking the students some Chem. questions to gauge where they are. They can answer things that are directly out of their notes but not beyond. Specifically, I was told the definition for empirical formula when I asked what the empirical formula is for C6H6 (it is CH). Guess what I have planned for tomorrow? I also asked the students if my lower case a’s are confusing for them and it would be easier for them it I wrote it like an o with a tail. So I have once again changed how I write a’s.
I got home early enough today to wash some of my clothes, esp. the ones that really needed it like from hiking yesterday. When I was done, I had a feeling of strength; I’m not sure if it was from knowing that I can do such a thing or just that I got some exercise for my arms (probably the latter).
I made a quick trip out this evening to give Ghee some money for our safari this weekend this weekend and ran into Simon on my way home. I followed along as he went to 3 different shops to buy the things he uses to make the cake I eat in the morning. I’m not sure if the prices are different or if the family just like to support multiple businesses (aka people). I learned that the ingredients for the cake are a little more expensive than I thought and I hope they don’t make it all the time just because I like it; I’m okay w/ it being an occasional thing. Also, I found out that there are 2 little stores around the corner (opposite ways) that I didn’t know about because I take the same routes everywhere. There are so many tiny shops that I’m amazed they can all survive.
Since I am teaching 4 periods tomorrow (2 doubles), I spent most of the night planning and didn’t help out in the kitchen. I feel only a little bad because I have only a day turn around between finding out what the students don’t know and having to teach it. And our mid-training written and oral tests are Wednesday. Yippee.