So it has been almost 2 weeks since my last post. I apologize if this isn't frequent enough for some of you, I'm working on it! The past two weeks have flown buy! It is crazy how fast the days seem to pass by here. Every week, it seems like we start school Monday and then the next day is Friday... I guess I have been keeping busy here; although I can gratefully say, the work isn't overwhelming or stressful. It's a nice balance, being kept busy but never having too much work on my plate. This week, however, has probably been the most busy one yet. On Monday, my colleague, Mrs. Nnurom, and I had to start moving our art classroom to another room. They are splitting the 2 kindergarten classes into 3 so they drove us out of our class, being next to the other kindergarten classrooms. We are now located in the building where the 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade classes are. We are also right next to the computer lab, which is very nice. But all day Monday we were packing boxes and I was actually carrying some of the tables and benches over to the new class. The easiest way to carry the tables was on my head, like the Ghanaians do here, but all the kids and teaches that saw me thought it was pretty hilarious. Moving the classroom has kept us busy all week, and we aren't completely finished.
On top of all that, an American lady, Rosie, came to the school Wednesday to give an art presentation to Junior and Senior High students. This activity took a TON of preparation and had me running around all day to get supplies in order for it. It was a really cool presentation, in which the lady painted a picture with her hands, and the picture kind of told a story and had a cool message about Jesus' Love behind it. Also, the students all got to paint as well and they really seemed to enjoy that. It was a really neat activity for the kids, and a nice change from their normal routine, but it was also a very tiring day. Yesterday(Thursday) I taught all 4 of the art classes because my colleague had to take her baby daughter to get vacinations. On Wednesday after school we discussed the lesson plans so I was pretty well prepared. And teaching by myself for the whole day ended up going pretty well. The first class, Year 6(5th grade) was very well behaved and they all listened and payed attention. What a great way to start the day! It made me feel pretty good and gave me confidence that the rest off the day would go smoothly as well. However, the next class, Year 5 was very noisy and it was so difficult to get the kids to settle down and stay quiet. It was crazy how different the 2 classes were, even though they are only a year apart. In the afternoon, I had a Year 3(2nd grade) class that was pretty well behaved. After them was a Year 2 class, who I expected to be very troublesome, which they were. So the day had its highs and its lows, but all in all I thought it went pretty well and in all the classes we got the work done. I had a lot of fun teaching yesterday and wouldn't mind being a teacher, but it is definitely nice to work with someone.
Today was also busy, as we finished moving stuff from the old classroom. We also had art club today, from about 1 to 2:30 pm. We didn't prepare very well for this so we were rushing in the morning to get something planned. It ended up going well and I am happy to say I have made it to the weekend. I can't wait to get some rest this weekend. I think we will go to church in Bomso, at the church we attended last summer, so we should get to see all our friends there. We went there last Sunday, and after church we went over to our friend Lydia's house and spent some time there. Last Saturday we also went into town and we visited our good friend Francis at his house. So last weekend was very eventful, but it was nice to see our friends and spend time in their homes. I think this weekend will be a little more relaxing. At least I hope so..... Anyways this is all for now.
I hope Life is going well for everyone everywhere.
Much Love!
Kwaku
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