School officially started today, teaching did not. We are supposed to have ~600 students but only about 1/10 showed up today. I can’t really blame them because even though they got to be around friends, they had to work all day. The students do all school cleaning. This meant the students were not only cleaning their classrooms, but also maintaining the grounds by doing things like weeding flower beds and “cutting” the grass (swinging a long, thin piece of metal bent at the end). Since I didn’t teach, I typed something up for the school and watched some TV in the teachers’ room with the other teachers. It’s still a bit unbelievable we have satellite TV and it was on all day, which I think will not be good for me; I thought I’d have no problem with my TV addiction (inability to turn away) in Africa.
Megan (PCV Health) came in the afternoon and my mkuu let me leave early to take her to the orphanage (it’s not like I was doing anything anyway). I introduced her to Sr. Valentina and we waited out the rain there. I tried to fix Megan’s computer but didn’t have any luck so I’ll hold onto it for a few days to see if I can get it working better. As we were leaving, Megan was able to meet some of the secondary students as they returned from school (Jorojik – where Uma teaches). On our way through the village we had a few little kids cheering us on. They kept chanting “Mzungu! Mzungu!” (literally means European or white person). Though we are commonly called this, these kids actually made it sound like a cheer.
When I returned to the school, I was able to get on the internet and view my sister’s engagement pictures. They came out great and I’m really glad she found a good photographer.
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