I
can’t even believe that it is already November already. Time has truly been
flying by since school has started. I apologize for not getting a blog up
sooner but I am soon realizing there is a slight difference between being a
contract teacher and a volunteer. As I am now a veteran teacher at the school
more jobs have been laid on me. By all means I love staying busy, I just don’t
get nearly as much free time. My big projects right now are geography bee and
history day projects. Being as I may not have paid attention as much as I
should have in high school I have been doing a little bit of re-teaching on my
knowledge of geography.
My students always seem to keep me
on my toes too. I have loved every minute of teaching level five and usually
enjoy all the energy they bring to the classroom. Though last week one of my
students decided to bring five hermit crabs into the classroom. The student had
hid the crabs in her pocket and I was in the middle of teaching and I saw hermit
crabs crawling all over the classroom. At the moment I was not very happy but
now that it is over I find it kind of humorous. I just never know what they are
going to bring into the classroom.
On the past Monday we received what
I would call torrential rains. I woke up around five and I have never heard it
rain so hard for so long in my life. I went into my kitchen to find my floors
all wet and everything in the house just felt damp. I was a little nervous
about walking to school since the school bus can’t make it up the mountain.
Luckily, the principal came with the truck to save me from the rain. On my way
home from school I had to walk through ankle deep puddles of water to get to my
house. I also had mini waterfalls outside of my house.
We got puppies. I always vowed that
I would never be that person that bragged about dogs. I got two puppies for my
protection as I tell the locals. They seem to think puppies will protect
people. The dogs on island are not so friendly. My puppies may be a little
friendly because I like to sit and play with them after school. Though the
other morning one of the puppies tried to rip my skirt. The other day we
decided to bring the dogs down to the ocean for a little swim. On our walk down
it started to down pour so here we are walking through the village with puppies
and its completely pouring outside. We then took the puppies to the water. Lusi
just threw them into the water. I then asked do you think they can swim. His
response. I hope so. Luckily they learned how to swim pretty quickly.
On Halloween I decided to have a
little party for my kids. I bought them some snacks and juice and we watched a
movie. The perk of giving Samoan kids food they bring you your favorite food
the next day. So the following day my desk was filled with snacks. Easy to say
the kids really do appreciate everything I get for them. On Halloween we also
had Milton’s birthday party. Milton is Lusi’s nephew that was born last year.
They had the party all day but I missed most of it because I was busy at
school. They decided to have the party without most of kids because otherwise
it gets too loud. Which is fine because they still saved some food for me J While I was getting
ready for the birthday party I got a nice little surprise. Lusi’s niece and
nephew came up to the house to get me. I was in the shower and they were
outside the house making noises. They also found where the water pipe is. All the
water pipes are above ground here because it never gets cold. Well, they
decided to turn the water on and off while I was in the shower. They seemed to
think it was really funny to hear me yell at them in Samoan. Even on the top of
the mountain my kids find ways to pick on me.
With
Love,
Abby
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