I had a wonderful time in Simigaau. I taught at the school, which was not like any school I have ever been to before. It was grades 1-5 and there were 3 teachers. In the morning the kids would pick up the trash around the school and burn it. Two of the teachers had little babies and brought them to school with them. The kids would sit in circles, outside in the sun because it was a bit chilly inside and just copy out of their text books into their notebooks. ALL DAY LONG! It was weird. I taught them a lot using the game Simon Says. I also taught them the Moo Moo Cow song which they LOVED. They also were really into the macarena. The teachers were really interesting people and I interviewed them about their religious views a bit. One lady was especially interesting- Nga Doma. She had been orphaned at a young age but managed to get herself through highschool which is very impressive. She is married to a Hindu who is also a teacher but lives in a village a long ways away. I miss her.
I learned a lot about how people do pujaa (worship) and I met a lama who was always drunk. I talked to a Tibetan man about the problems facing Nepal's youth and heard a story about how a silly drunk lama wrote his name on stone and thereby lost a bet to a smart brahmin. I met some French climbers and saw one of my fifth graders go off smiling at the prospect of making a bunch of money carrying a British lady's bag. There's so much more! I don't even know what to say.
Finally, I hope you enjoyed my blog and I have many more stories. Please ask me about them because I would love to tell you. I need to work on my paper now though!
Signing off!
Love, Hailey
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