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Land of my birth.
... leave – this is a challenge when there are many funerals to attend – Linda told me of one colleague who goes to a funeral every Friday (AIDS deaths) and another who was given and hour and a half to attend a close family members funeral but had to come straight back to work and teach afterwards. I am not sure how any one can teach or children can learn in this stressed system on top of which there seems to be limited parent involvement ...
Drivin' around South Africa
... 8220;gefaerliche Gegenden meiden”, und so fuhren wir geradewegs in ein ...
It's a different world here
We visited two primary schools today. The first was in an area that was predominately a white area and a white school but as whites moved out the school has become predominately non-white. The teachers however have remained white. The students travel to school starting at 5 am to travel to school for a 7:30 am start. The teachers are still mostly white. There are no textbooks ...
Weekend wind down
... we sat outside in candlelight enjoying the moon through the trees.
Today we slept in (thank you) and then travelled to Johannesburg to an African Market. I was in charge of navigating (stress city-- since I didn’t know where we were and everyone is driving on the wrong side of the road). Incredibly, with the help of GPS, maps, terrible road signs and everybody’s help looking for street ...
Instruments Have Arrived!
... singing, but with no instruments to play Elisabeth, the house manager, would slap her bible in time to the music. I decided that A Peace of Music would donate 6 drums to Rivoningo, 5 small djembes and one large 12" djembe with a carry bag. No more bible thumping! APOM also donated a digital keyboard with some really fabulous features including keys that light up, a karaoke microphone and hundreds of songs, tones and rhythms that can be played at the touch of a button. ...