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ha, i wish i had a picture of this title. there is one somewhere on kel's camera i'll have to put up soemtime. so they have bells at the schools here in Uganda. They also have a bell ringer. Why you ask? well the "bell" is actually just an old wheel from a car hanging from a tree. so they have a boy (or girl) designated to hit it a few times with a stick the call the kids in from breaks, lunch, etc. just an fyi for you all.
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so i've started classes...and absolutely loving it. I think I wrote (its too slow to go back and read it now, and i just want to get something up before my time runs out) in my last blog about having a couple classes and then covering topics for other teachers. Well that has now changed...and now I have 4 of my own classes! all mine to do as i please. I have Senior 2 (east stream and west stream) physics, senior 4 biology (which i taught over the holiday as well) and senior 3 physics. BTW streams here are a way to cope with the lack of teachers. All the Senior 3 and 4 kids sit in the same class (about 60 of them) and they are the only senior3/4 class in the school. Senior 1 and 2 have "streams" which just means there are 2 classes....just like in the states there would be 2-5 1st grade classes in a given school.
ok so i've got 4 classes total, and...thankfully...mostly physics. The picture (which doesnt seem to be loading...i'll try it again in another post) is my senior 2 east physics class. Its a little dusty because, well, the class is dusty. there's no glass in the windows, and concrete floors, so you do the math. Much more to come (when i have more time) and i'll also have more pictures as i have kelly's camera on loan for the next month.
special thank you to everyone i've talked to that is putting together a care package. Bruce and Dolores thank you for the magazines! they were great, and are currently being cut up and used to decorate my walls as i have read them cover to cover twice now. Chris and Bridget/General and Woody: thanks for your emails and care package preparation. It really means a lot to know you all are thinking about me.
Oh! i will mention this before i go. Kevin asked me about the LRA situation in an email, and I'm sure others are wondering about this as well. yes, they (Uganda and Congo) are escalating their dispute with kony after the failed peace talks, but i'm totally safe. This will be occuring in the congo and in northern uganda (both areas we are not allowed to go to), and appears will be mostly confined to those regions, which i am well away from. I will keep you updated on it though.
Love you all.
Eric
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