I am currently in Ongwediva for my teaching practicum for the next couple of days. We left yesterday from Windhoek and made the eight hour drive up to northern Namibia. We arrived at the school here yesterday after literally sweating in the ministry of education vehicle for the entire ride. I don’t think that anyone has appreciated a shower more than me now that I’m in Africa.
This morning we got up bright and early to start teaching our learners that we recruited from the community. Apparently last year there were no learners that showed up on the first day. It almost brought me to tears this morning when I saw the group of about 55 learners that showed up on their vacation time to be taught by our group.
I team taught with another girl from our group to about 22 high school kids. It was like pulling teeth for the group before us to get the kids to talk and participate. Once it was our turn to get up and teach I decided to ask them to stretch and shake it out. Seeing their faces when I asked them to get out of their chairs and do something silly was priceless. Smiles as wide as you can imagine.
I’m using my Netman here for internet (like a USB but for internet) and it’s so wonderful. It’s faster than the wifi at the hostel in Windhoek. Hopefully the internet holds out for when I get to my site. This blog post is short and sweet my friends because I’m about to climb under my mosquito (mossi) net and head in for the night before we wake up to teach again tomorrow.
When I get back to the hostel in Windhoek I’ll post some more pictures!Peace and love,
Chelsea
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