One in Front and Two in Back

We moved more dirt today and I can honestly say that my body is the worse for wear and I am physically exhausted. But, for the most part it was more of the same. Shovel dirt into a wheelbarrow and then haul it out to the street and dump it. The pile is getting quite large out front, but the dirt is basically all removed.

The highlights of the day, for me, where when T and I visited each of the classrooms in the school and took a picture and some video. We were a bit disrupting in all the classrooms but one. In the classroom with the youngest children (there are two kindergarten classes and this was the class with the youngest children) we entered the room with the administrator of the school and the teacher didn't stop as in the other classes. She had about 8 students completely captivated, teaching them how to write numbers and wasn't about to lose their focus because the admin and two people with cameras came in. This was fine with us and we were able to observe how they were being taught which was going throughout the numbers 10 to 20, repeating the phrasing, "How do you write 12, a 1 in front and a 2 in back" in French. It was perfect and quite funny.

The second thing that stood out was our second meeting with the "Easy English Club". This group is really dedicated and they have a really great time. During this meeting, T taught some songs in English, K taught some idioms, and I participated in a role playing exercise.

So while the work is repetitive and my feet are very sore, it was a good day overall. Even if after we thought we had accomplished something by removing all the edit they dumped a truck load of rocks just as the day was ending. Guess what we will be doing tomorrow.