I survived my first day of teaching in an African school!I had to be at the school by 7:10am and I get out of school at 13:15 or 1:15pm.Much shorter school day. They have no time in between classes, but they do have two 15 minute breaks.During the first break, it is still pretty chilly so they stay inside or in a sunny spot.By the second break, everyone is outside talking, listening to music or playing a unique game of soccer.I will explain in a minute.Peter Omur...

This morning was very laid back while my mom and Hopson were writing. They have a proposal due soon. We did some laundry and I hung clothing outside for the first time. Lol New experience. In the afternoon, my mom and I went to Dan Viljoen. It is a game reserve for all types of animals about 20-30 minutes outside the city. Once there you could either hike or drive around. We did a combination of both. Our taxi driver was extremely nice and agreed to t...

I'm not even sure if I can put today into words.I will start from a happier stand point.This morning my mom and I walked into the city; about a 15 minute walk since we are so close.She needed to get a few things and find a travel agency so we can get to Etosha Pan and/or Victoria Falls and I needed to find an ATM that excepted MasterCard as well as I wanted to look around more.Windhoek is like any other major city except not quite as big as American cities.Stores...

Talk about being thrown into Namibian culture.I actually slept in this morning, but when I woke up I started working on lesson plans.I had to look up a few words too because some of their math terms are different.For instance, mensuration is measurement. LolAfter that I just hung out for awhile until Hopson got back from doing his research. Hopson took me around the city showing me the main streets like Independence and Robert Magubi (the president).I think my...

I love Africa!Today was gorgeous.I don't know if I'll want to leave in August. This morning I met with Peter Omura the teacher that I will be subbing for during his paternity leave.I went to the school and he gave me a tour of the campus.The Combretum Trust School does not look like a school.It's basically a bunch of tiny houses that have all been fenced in.Each house acts as one or more classrooms depending on how much they could split it up.Some of them are ...