Yokwe everyone!

This letter is dated Sept 3.
I have finished my first week of school which totaled one whole day! I feel like a true teacher from the islands; instead of an apple on my desk, I have a coconut! I am teaching English Language Arts and my current schedule goes like this:
8:30-9:15 ELA 7,8
9:15-10:00 ELA 6
10:00-10:45 ELA 4,5
10:45-11:00 RECESS! :)
11:00-11:45 ELA 8
11:45-1:00 Lunch
1:00-1:45 ELA 7
1:45-2:30 ELA 6
2:30-3:15 ELA 5
I like my schedule well enough. It will be hard having to teach most of my students twice a day but I'll figure out a good system. The kids are really cute and excited to be at school so it helps the environment in the classroom. now keep in mind that there are only 2 teachers currently on Kaben (myself and Tortius, the Principal's husband) so not every student has class yet. most of the younger kids don't have class but you better believe they had pencils in hand & a few even had backpacks in tow & they sat outside the classroom all day & looked at books. Too cute!!

My 8th graders are better at English than I anticipated & I'm excited to work with them. My 6th and 7th graders won't be too bad either, but my 4th and 5th will be quite the challenge because they don't understand me/English! I'll figure it out.

Today for lunch I had rice & tuna and what a treat it was to not have to pick my meat off a bone! Granted the fresh fish tastes better but the presentation of the tuna was appreciated today.

I've found that bugs don't really bother me much anymore. I mean I'm not a fan but I don't react to them anymore. It was too much energy and work to react; now I just ignore them or kill them. Honestly, though there aren't many bugs here. Just flies, ants, a few spiders, mosquitoes, & cockroaches. Not to bad.

The little girls who live by me have started have started picking through my hair looking for lice. They seem quite disappointed every time because they don't find any!

Well, it's Thursday afternoon and I am being rushed off to church. Why didn't I think I know we went to church on Thursday? Don't worry, we go on Wednesdays, Thursdays and twice on Sundays! Good thing the meetings are short, maybe 30 minutes or so!

Much love, Island Girl