Well I haven’t been able to blog for a couple of days! Sorry
about that. Things got crazy and the electricity doesn’t seem to like to stay
on. Teaching, is one of the most difficult things I have ever done in my life.
Instructing children in the simplest things can be so hard because they don’t
know very much English! I explain things over and over and over and they still
don’t understand!
Thursday was a crazy day. Lesson plans are due and every
Friday, all the elementary teachers give each student in their class a folder
with the work they had done through out the week for the parents, all graded
and recorded. My grading as a Kindergarten and Computer teacher is really not
that hard. I don’t have to record anything and my grading consists of checking
if they did the worksheets right, and putting a smiley face or sticker on the
paper. So since I have time after finishing my lesson plans and grading, I help
other teachers grade if need be. On Thursday night though, the power was out
for about 2 ½ hours so grading was just about impossible without light and so
was cooking our dinners. So we just hung out and talked until the power came
back on. When it finally did, we were able to eat dinner and finish our
grading. I helped Riley grade a huge stack of papers in his classroom. And half
way through, the power went out AGAIN. So until it came back on, we played with
a big bouncy ball that lights up. My mom sent me about 10 of those and we had a
lot of fun with them! We didn’t get to bed until around 11:30 because almost
everyone was grading until then. I also didn’t go to the boys P.E. class I help
Roy with on Thursday because I had a really big headache. My Kindergarteners
were just CRAZY that day. I don’t know why but it was definitely a long day. So
the boys asked where I was since I was not at class. Roy told them “You guys
give her a headache so she’s laying down for a while.” They answered with
“awhh.. Should we get her flowers?” Haha! Oh being a teacher can be
entertaining. I also had a 2nd grader come to me and say “Ms., you
are very beautiful.” That made me feel so happy inside!
Friday! Oh how I love Fridays! Fridays are half days and
then we have the weekend!! My kids did pretty well on Friday. We went to chapel
for the Pre K-3rd grade and my kids were very well behaved! (As well
behaved as they can be anyway.) I was impressed! I even gave back their minutes
of recess that they had lost. On Fridays, at 10:20 I go teach my two computer
classes. Every time I go, the kids always ask Ms. C! Where are you going?? I
tell them that I am going to go teach my computer class and they always ask
when I am going to back. When I did get back, they were at recess. I
immediately got hugged by a few kids and then got asked to push them on swings,
help them on the monkey bars, to “look teacher look! Watch me!” After school,
some of us went to the airport to go pick up the new SM. We waited for a while
and then there was an announcement that the plane was delayed in Chuuk for 6
hours. So we went back and chilled, made some food, and then some of us went to
go pick up Jonathan (the new SM) while the others headed to vespers. But,
heading to the airport, Franky got a call saying the plane was delayed until 8.
So we went to vespers. And then during vespers, Franky got a call saying the
plane was delayed until 8:50. Man! He could not catch a break! By the time we
actually got Jonathan, it was about 10:15. Goodness everyone, but especially
Jonathan were really tired! Pretty much everyone went to my apartment
afterwards to eat (mostly for Jonathan) and I went to the guys apartment to get
some of my stuff. I ended up staying to talk to people and eating some pasta.
But while we were talking after we ate, we heard a noise in the kitchen… and we
looked up to find… a HUGE RAT! Oh my word I was scared for a minute! It ran
through a hole in the wall under the sink. Gah I’m so glad I don’t sleep in
that apartment!
Sabbath started off really rainy, but soon cleared up, as it
always does. All of us SMs ate breakfast together in the boy’s upper apartment because
the power was out at the girls’. We then all went to the Kolonia church where
Mr. Quaile was doing the sermon. The Quailes are the in charge of the education
department of Guam and Micronesia so they are visiting each school for a week.
Mr. Quaile used to be the principal here in Pohnpei! The SMs had special music
(which we were not very prepared for at all) and Mr. Quaile had the sermon.
During the sermon service, the power went out TWICE and once after church! It’s
been going out a lot more lately I’m not sure why. And that’s another reason I
have not been able to blog lately. Too many power outages! The potluck after
church was AMAZING. I love the local food here! Lots of fish, but I can always
find vegetarian food. J
Sabbath afternoon, we just relaxed, talked with friends. We
definitely all needed it because of the long crazy week. We never really have
time to just sit for an hour anymore. After sundown, Karyn, Kim, Brooke, Caleb,
Roy, Riley, Danny and I went out to eat at the Joy hotel and restaurant. I got
a huge ramen bowl! I was expecting just a little bowl, but it was huge and
pretty delicious! After getting back, some of us went on the roof of the school
and star gazed. The skies here are SO beautiful. There’s not as much pollution,
and not really any city lights and the skies were clear! Such a beautiful
place!! J
Sorry about the super long post but I haven’t written in a
few days!
Hasta Luego mis amigos!
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