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Windhoek
August Holiday to Windhoek & Swakopmund 4 September 2003 Our two-week break between the second and third trimesters is almost finished. We went to Windhoek for four nights and then over to Swakopmund for two nights. The stay in Windhoek was ostensibly to facilitate our mid-service medical exam. But we also took the opportunity to …
Barefeet and Smiles
Bare feet and Smiles 30 August 2003 If I just look out the window, I see the yellow grasses, stubby dust-green bushes dotting the plain, brown-gray mountains in the distance, and a hazy horizon making the whole scene bleak and inhospitable. But if I look out the window and say to myself, “I’m in Africa,” …
Miss Winter
Miss Winter 27 June 2003 The weather here has been getting downright chilly. The hot cocoa and tea that mocked us during the hot and humid days are finally getting used up; I wear my dress blazer to work everyday to stay warm (I had been planning to send it home because I never though …
Taxi Rides
Taxi Rides 27 June 2003 “Glimpses of Namibia” Part 2: Taxi Rides * A bunch of us went to visit our friend who also teaches at a senior secondary school. He lives a long way up a dirt road, off the main road. They are in the process of redoing the road, and so currently …
Computer Training
Double Click 25 July 2003 So. Here we are at the end of another trimester. Exams begin on Thursday, leaving me only three more lessons plans to write and then it’s time for marking madness. We’ve been pretty busy lately because we’ve started to become more involved with the school. We didn’t do much the …
Things Fall Apart
Chewing Batteries 23 August 2003 Hello! So, we are still alive after all. Had you going for a while there didn’t we? The truth is it’s just not so easy to get to the internet anymore. Plus, we’ve been quite busy with school this term. We think it’s hilarious how we don’t have a TV, …
The Gods Must be Crazy
The Gods Must Be Crazy 18 July 2003 4TH OF JULY To celebrate the fourth of July, I taught my ninth graders some “traditional” songs like Yankee Doodle and also the Star Spangled Banner using a cassette tape my aunt sent me. They loved it. But explaining our independence was a bit problematic. “Since today …
Tuesdays with Morry
Tuesdays with Morry 17 June 2003 “Okonkwo began to feel like his old self again. All that he required was something to occupy his mind.” —Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe It is the third week of classes already and I’m still trying to figure out where the first two went. I am greatly …
A Weekend
A Weekend 15 June 2003 Let me tell you about this weekend. I never even left our house/yard but here is what happened (and every weekend is pretty much like this): Friday A grade 10 learner, who neither Zac nor I know, comes to borrow a “story book.” She chooses an Oprah Book Club …
We are not at home
We are Not at Home 6 March 2003 Hello Everyone, Well, what can I say, we are still over here teaching away at Ekulo SSS. I mean, except of course for the fact that we are in Africa, our lives are pretty normal. Is it interesting to read about our experiences here? I wonder. Everyday, …