HELLO ALL!!
Today was our first day experiencing school in Zambia. We split up into three different groups and sat in on classes and Chalo Trust School where we are staying, Leopards Hill, and Ibex Hill. Alex Bentley, Alex Bolhack, and Rahul all visited Leopards Hill to experience first hand, the type of material kids are learning in Zambian schools! After sitting for 3 hours in the staff room, we got to experience and 80 minute 9th grade biology class. It was just as exciting as any biology class… Afterwards, we went to a Religion class, which was very interesting. The teacher talked about suffering and pain and students would share past experiences with deaths in the family. It was a very touching and sad moment in the class. Afterwards, we hopped off to lunch with the rest of the students, and got to eat some nshima, a traditional food… the chicken was good though! After lunch, we visited a 10th grade IT class where the students were learning how to make charts on Microsoft Excel.
After a day of school, the three of us joined the rest of the Hotchkiss students at Ibex Hills where we sat in on a social club. The students were talking about relationships, and when the teacher asked if anyone would volunteer to share information about their relationship, Alex Bolhack was very brave and told the class information about her and her boyfriend. The class was pleasantly surprised!
Once we returned to Chalo, we had dinner and talked to some of the Zambian students. We very much enjoyed sharing our different cultures. After a very long day of fun, we crawled into our mosquito nets and hit the hay!
With love,
Alex Bentley and Alex Bolhack
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