Engaipe~Today was so sad!!I went into work this morning to say my last goodbyes to my students and the other teachers.Peter taught the first 3 periods as I circulated around helping students.I focused on Paulo during 1st and 2nd.He is an 8th grader who speaks very little English because he has recently moved from Angola.There are at least 5 other Angolans in the class that try to help him as much as possible, but he still just sits and draws shapes and never actu...

Engaipe!It's been a very relaxing day and I thoroughly enjoyed it.This morning I went into school, but it was Peter's first day back.I basically sat around and watched him teach occasionally helping students around the room when needed.He's really a great teacher and injects so much enthusiasm into math.It's amazing how many ah-ha moments there are here each day.Today we had a lot when Peter showed the 11th graders a quick short cut to finding the sequences.They'...

It's been a long day!But definitely a good one.JMy mom came with me to school this morning so that she could meet with the history teacher, Bridget Kloppers, about what she is doing at the archives.Bridget teaches pre-service teachers at University of Namibia at night and is very excited to have her students take over the project a little once my mom leaves as well as for them to learn about all of this technology use in the classroom.It should be interesting!My ...

Starting my last week in Africa LAll I could think about today were the kids at the orphanage.I hope I can find time to go back and visit them again before I leave, but I'm running out of time. I started new topics with all the kids today because they took tests last week.8th grade is doing area.9th grade is doing volume of cubes and cuboids and other prisms.Does anyone know the difference because their book really doesn't explain and they keep asking me?We do...

Not much was done today…I decided not to go paint balling in favor of visiting an orphanage.I'm glad I did.Before we came, we packed two suitcases of gifts for people we met, the orphanage, and the places we worked.My mom had packed a bunch of Julia's old clothing, NASA stuff and Michael Jackson CDs, whereas I packed a bunch of sketchpads, Mr. Sketch markers, pencils, folders, and crayons as well as some clothing my students had given to me before the end of th...