Oh my gosh look how adorable that is. That is my bad cat, Jack, using the top of my mosquito net as a hammock. He's suspended a couple of feet over the bed. It's about the cutest thing I've ever seen.
And look at me updating within a week of the last post! Don't get used to it. I'm in Ouaga for the weekend for a meeting- and also, coincidentally, a party. Amazing how that worked out. And I have to say, it's pretty great to see friends after three weeks at site. They've been some long weeks. I think I just need something to break up my weird limbo-like existence in Bagre, where I have zero schedule and not a whole lot to do.
Once I get back on Monday it'll be time to start planning lessons and generally getting prepared for school to start- two weeks!! I still don't know exactly which classes I'll be teaching, but I have a general idea so it won't hurt to start planning out lessons for a couple of my more definite classes. I'll probably be doing 6eme math (kind of like sixth grade) and 4eme PC, Physics et Chimie (kind of like eighth or ninth grade physics and chemistry.) There's a couple of math classes still in question and if no biology teacher shows up I could potentially end up adding that.
I was initially concerned about teaching math- as in, I told the education coordinator that I wouldn't do it- but there really is a need here, and it's certainly at a low enough level that I will have no problem explaining the concepts, and apparently it's the easiest subject to teach. I just hope that I can make it exciting for the students. I'm going to try to find a way to be passionate about the subject and make creative lessons- that's my challenge for myself with math this year. Wish me luck.
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