So I know I have been absent from the internet scene for some time now but here are a few photos to make up for delay. Life has moved on here. I am finally starting to get you used to the role of Mr. Guimont or “Teach.” Now that I have a house I have become to settle in. I do not have electricity yet but I you can read about that above. Anyway, to clarify a few of the photos and what I have been doing, I will not say that I have fully integrated into the community but I now have a role. It is nice to have a role other than the awkward house guest that shows up and fumbles around with a language I have only just begun to understand and unfortunately losing fast ( can get by ok speaking Namlish here). There are still twists and it keeps things interesting. For example getting bit by a spider and struggling to walk for 5 days due to an infection. Saw Namibians healthcare system first hand and they said it was a mosquito bite. Ummm… I have pictures of it without the bandage and I am from MN. Definitely no mosquito bite. Pretty much had to self diagnosis and continually ask for antibiotics. Currently have a chipped tooth and curious to see a Namibian dentist on Tuesday.
But life has pretty much been becoming a teacher. Expected issues of struggling with studies and trying to relate complex information to students who really do not care what a Protist is much less the different classes. To be honest I don’t care much either. Also to issues of drinking, sex and life. I appreciate those times more. Catching students drunk at school with a highly suspicious bottle of sprite was definitely a fun conversation. Especially when they earlier make very obvious parade to the school in the state that they were in. I love teaching secondary school.
We have soccer tournaments, traditional dances at festivals. For independence day there was a whole assembly created by the learners. There were dramas, songs, poems, marches. It was quite the ordeal.
I hope you all have a wonderful Easter. I made bunny shaped banana pancakes. I had Jack Johnson stuck in my head. I will type a more organized blog later. Only have a limited battery life.
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