Thursday's Post: What Happened Wednesday

            The internet doesn’t seem to be working, so I’m typing this up to post later. I’m sitting outside on the porch of the house (I tried to capture the house with a picture from my computer). The seven-year-old is borrowing my Kindle—I don’t think they’ve caught on yet here, and it seems to be fascinating to people. But then I was totally fascinated when I started seeing them among my students. The grandfather has also joined us, with the two-year-old coming in and out. This is how the evenings have been—sitting outside on the porch. I usually read for awhile. But everyone’s out and about, neighbors talking to each other, kids wandering from house to house.  It rained today, and the weather is cooler then it has been. 

            Yesterday I went to class and got something quick to eat. After that, me and the Swedish girl from my conversation class, H., along with a mother and son pair, got a taxi to “the foundation,” as people seem to be calling it. It’s an organization for young mothers. The Swedish girl and I were to present on customer service.

            We went in a taxi and split the cost. Our next step was to go find the director, but she is a super busy person. H. asked for some preparation time (she was nervous for the presentation), so the director set us down in her office. It wasn’t until a bit later, after a fair amount of confusion about where we were going and when (and what exactly the mother and son—there to help with English—were doing) that we finally discovered that there was actually a full classroom waiting for us.

            The presentation went alright. It was a bit noisy. Most of the presentation was just an activity dividing the students into groups and having them act out customer service situations. It was the first time I’ve ever held a student’s baby so she could do the classwork;)  

            The director told me there is a girl there who received a scholarship to study baking in France for six months, but who doesn’t know any French at all. I think I will end up tutoring her a bit. I’ll probably stop with the presentations. The presentations are fine, I guess, but I just don’t feel that confortable presenting on something I don’t know much about, so I’m relieved.