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| Views on the way to school |
I had a pretty great Ugandan morning. There were no cockroaches, which is
always a plus. I was able to talk
to Nick extra long this morning since he stayed up a little later (we have been
talking every day at 6:30 am my time and 10:30 pm his time for about 40
minutes. Otherwise it’s just emailing and a little texting for our
communication. The weekends are
better because there are more times to talk without work and school.). And like every morning, I just took in
and appreciated the commute to school.
I listened to some of my own music today (most days we listen to the
local Ugandan music which is pretty great too), and just took in the beauty of
the mountains, the greens, and the people outside the car windows. Like I have said before, driving in the
car is one of my absolute favorite things to do here (besides the quality of
the roads with all the pot holes and speed bumps). And especially our commute to school, which is absolutely
beautiful. I think I see something
new every morning making the exact same drive. Oddly, the half-hour commute to school is definitely
something I will miss from here.
My good mood must have carried over to my teaching because
my lessons went very well today.
And after recognizing the need for more clear expectations and for
establishing routines, my classroom management today was great. We played a game that we had tried in
the past, where the students line up in two rows and then two students at a
time come up to the chalkboard and slap the word that I call out. But before I had the students come sit
in their rows, we talked about and demonstrated how to sit in the rows (with
our hands and feet to ourselves and so on). I also called the students to the rows one-by-one as another
way to manage behavior.
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| This is one of their favorite ways to practice reading their vocabulary words |
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| Some of my P1 students-Godwin, Alfred, Jostus, Kato and Winnie int he front |
On our way home, of course there had to be something
irregular to disrupt our day. We
ran out of gas. We were about a
10-minute drive from our house, so our driver Samson hopped on a Boda-boda (the
motorcycle taxis) and went to town to get gas. This meant Katie and I were left on the side of the road to
wait. Everything worked out fine
and we made it home. This was just
a minor glitch in a great Ugandan day.
To top it off, I ate a Snickers bar for dinner. Katie and I did a yoga video kind of
late in the evening, so I wasn’t really hungry for dinner, and since I really
am not eating much while here, I didn’t feel too guilty. Plus, I needed to eat something so I
could take my Malaria medicine! I
know Grams would approve!
I had a pretty great Ugandan morning. There were no cockroaches, which is
always a plus. I was able to talk
to Nick extra long this morning since he stayed up a little later (we have been
talking every day at 6:30 am my time and 10:30 pm his time for about 40
minutes. Otherwise it’s just emailing and a little texting for our
communication. The weekends are
better because there are more times to talk without work and school.). And like every morning, I just took in
and appreciated the commute to school.
I listened to some of my own music today (most days we listen to the
local Ugandan music which is pretty great too), and just took in the beauty of
the mountains, the greens, and the people outside the car windows. Like I have said before, driving in the
car is one of my absolute favorite things to do here (besides the quality of
the roads with all the pot holes and speed bumps). And especially our commute to school, which is absolutely
beautiful. I think I see something
new every morning making the exact same drive. Oddly, the half-hour commute to school is definitely
something I will miss from here. 
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