All in all the first week of school went pretty well. Changes in the schedule keep occuring, and I actually asked the headmaster if he would allow me to create the new schedule this weekend. The Malawian curriculum is especially difficult because students have to take 11 subjects!! (Way too many in my opinion, since it doesn't allow teachers and students to concentrate on any one thing). The form 1 class is now 53 kids, so I'm going to see if I can make splitting the class in two work with the schedule.
Communicating and working with other staff members at Gracious can be challenging, since we have to over come cultural as well as linguistic difficulties, but I'm sure I'll make it work. Patience, patience, patience.
No school on Monday because of Chilembwe Day (Sp?). I really should be going hiking today with Nick and Gerald.
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3 comments:
Conor - Great to hear things are going well, even with the expected challenges... And you're right, roosters, annoyingly, do not have "snooze" buttons...
Look forward to seeing you in June and please let me know if you need anything on this end.
Ken
wow, 11 subjects...and I thought the IB program was bad. It sounds like you are having a good time, despite several challenges. I admire you for devoting yourself to this.
Casey
Wow, those do seem really big classes by American standards, especially when you consider that my IB chem class has 4 students. It's great that you were able to rework the scheduling. It sounds like you really are making quite a difference.
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