Teaching has gone great so far, and today I got some outstanding news! I won't be teaching English anymore. We got a new teacher, Mr. Nkhunja, who will be teaching English and helping me with Social Studies, leaving me free to teach form 2 math along with Mrs. Manduwi. (I of course am thrilled with this, since I actually am a math teacher in the US) Both classes form 1 and form 2 are around 45-50 students now. And yes, all those students are in one class at one time. (I thought 33 in NYC was bad!) The students are well behaved, despite having to take lots and lots of notes, since there are no books for them to study from.
I am also the sports master, (very cool title) and we played Ultimate Frisbee yesterday. The kids had lots of fun, and were quite good for never having played before. We will play every Tuesday and Thursday. We don't have much of a field to play on, but it's still better than the black top of NYC. I think the kids are very excited about it; several asked me if we were playing today.
One more funny tidbit: A bunch of kids were singing in Chewa during one of their breaks, (they're really great singers). I asked another staff member why/what they were singing. She said that they were singing a song of joy because Mr. Sibale had built 2 bathrooms for the school!! Needless to say, the kids here are well behaved, but still no how to have fun.
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All hail the Sports Master!! Will you retain that title upon your return to the states?
I can't believe it... you're a master twice over already!
Muli Bwanji Conor. Ndi konda blog wanga. (I love your blog) Your stories make me miss my time in Malawi. Post some pics of ultimate if you can.
Of course, they would never call you the Sports Master if they knew who held dominance on the b-ball court at 4140. I hope you're practicing over there...
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