I did make a separate entry for Tuesday but the IT gremlins meant it didn't upload, so here is a double header.

Tuesday was a challenge. In a group of this size, making genuine contact with the students is a bit difficult, and the size of the room, along with cultural reticence to speak our in public makes genuine dialogue a challenge. However, by close of play yesterday I had the sense I was beginning to break through - which is just as well, as the energy output required to "drive" the group is a bit high. I think they are getting a bit used to me now.

Thie album has a picture of the room I am in. As Sarita said, all these doors make it hard to keep track of people.

Why are the doors an issue? Well there seems to be among some students a fairly flexible attitude to attendance. I knew there were some who came yesterday who had missed Monday, and some who were there on Monday who were not there yesterday. One guy arrived for the first time at lunchtime yesterday and I sent him home - he was a local so the decision was easy. This morning, however, I discovered that one guy had left at lunchtime on Monday and missed all day yesterday to attend a Scout Jamboree that is the big show in town. He comes from Ba and had spent quite a bit to be here, so I read him the riot act and let him stay. He'll have quite a bit of make up to do!

Evenings tend to be reasonably uneventful. I only have two episodes of Game of Thrones left to go, and of the ones I have watched, only one was low quality (not the episode - the DVD) so all in all, not bad. It is an intriguing series. The sex and violence make the Sopranos look like a Kindergarten outing!

Wahab had to go back home yesterday after dropping me - he had slept awkwardly and ricked his neck. I was en route to get the local bus home when I got a lift from the Dean - a bit of luck! Sarita, another member of the Department had been taking good care of me but she is off to teach on one of the other islands so I won't see her again. Wahab is back on deck today.