The Boy’s Post: Neil, Mr. B, & Rahul - Day 6

Neil:

Mrs. Flemma, Bean, Charlotte and I went to Leopards Hill School, where we taught BADFAT and theater. The classes started really early. I taught seniors and tenth grade how to analyze documents and I was little bit nervous at first because I am a senior too. Once the class started, however, I taught them about BADFAT as much as I know and I think that they understood most of them. Also, we made them do some exercises using documents and I think most of the students understood the material even though they didn’t really like it.

Mr. B:

Today the team of Babcock, Downs, Rich & Phillip went on the road again. Yesterday we were at Leopards Hill School; today we traveled to Ibex Hill School. Upon arrival we went into the 5^th grade class as a team that I had taught theatre games on Monday. They were energetic and willing as ever! In the middle of the class I got called out and sent to the 9^th grade English classes because their teacher was out with a toothache. Some quick thinking ended in the class writing short character descriptions and then crafting dialogues between the two created characters. In the first English class we did not get completely through the exercise but when the girls joined the second things went much quicker and all the students were able to have their works read aloud by a combination of ‘kiss students and Ibex students! There was extra time at the end and the girls had a nice “no adults” chat with the class for the last 15 min… this actually degenerated into a photo taking session with every 8^th grade boy taking a picture with Elizabeth. WE next went into the 11^th grade. What followed in the 3-hour marathon class was Geography of the US, Regionalism, Dialects, “what is America really like?”, the sex talk, the drugs talk, and finally a rousing discussion about gay marriage… it was a VERY long class but we emerged with much to think about! We wrapped the day in the Primary. I went back to my 5^th graders and did a simplified version of the lecture I taught to the grade 8’s in the morning. After a long day a teaching we boarded the bus for grassroots soccer. At grassroots soccer we played modified handball. I was THE ONLY white person to SCORE A GOAL!!!! It was an awesome day.

Rahul:

Alex Bolhack, Alex Bentley and I stayed in Chalo today while the rest of the group went to the other two schools. We planned to teach as many classes about relationships and gender issues at the school. I was pretty disappointed when we were only allowed to teach two classes (the first period and the last period) Between that time we just walked around campus and took some photos. After that we had lunch and went to pick up the other guys. Together we all went to the Grass Root Soccer Centre. I was really looking forward to playing some soccer, but the activities we did were fun too. Then we had some dinner (French fries and chicken) and are now just enjoying some free time in our rooms… again with no power!