Sorry it's been so long between posts.
I had end of term testing at the end of April, which was challenging,
then I went on vacation for a month- highlights were bungee jumping
in Victoria Falls, a midnight train through Zimbabwe, hitch hiking up
the Sani Pass into Lesotho, the general badass-ness that is the coast
of South Africa from Durban to Cape Town. And then meeting my parents
in Capetown for a week. Sweet life. No pics though.
It was nice to have a break for a
while, and even more so seeing my parents but I was glad to be back
in Omungwelume at the end of May. The past month has been fairly
uneventful- a few new volunteers from WorldTeach are now placed near
me for the next month or so and we had a fun braai last weekend.
Teaching is still going fairly well,
definitely keeping me on my toes. English has been going pretty well
so far but computer science has been a headache. The computer lab at
my school is in disrepair with only a few functioning units left. So
I've been teaching Life Skills instead or showing them movies (which
they love). Up until this week I thought this was the best thing that
I could do with the time I was given.
We have a group of prefects who are
mostly grade 12 learners- the Head Girl is in one of my ICT courses,
and on Wednesday she complained that those of them who were lucky
enough to get into university were kind of screwed because they have
literally no knowledge of how to use a computer. I had no idea what
to say, I've tried to explain time after time about how our lab
situation warrants me to find alternative uses for our time. Point is
she's absolutely right and I need to find a way to get these kids
time on computers, even if it's for like 15 minutes a week. A little
info is better than none.
It's weird to think that I'm more than
halfway done with my service here. I'm in the process of booking my
flight home right now actually. Do I have any kind of solid plan for
when I get back?
Nope.
