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| The parrots: Lilia and Ripichip. They walk around, squawk, and generally tend to be pests during school. |
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| The livingroom a.k.a. the classroom and 2/3 of the class - Ben and Peter. |
6:00am - Wake up and get ready for the day
6:20am - Bring my laptop and lesson plans to the Rudy-Goff house. Then I get the key for the airplane hangar, which is where the internet modem is located, which I have to connect and turn on each morning before class. (A while back they hadn’t disconnected it and lightening hit the cell tower and destroyed the modem. A few thousand dollars to replace.)
6:30am - Breakfast and bible study with Peter and his parents, Gerard and Norvelle.
8:00am - Tobi and Ben arrive at the house and we start class. Each of the boys has 5-6 subjects to complete each day. The curriculum comes from K12, an online homeschool program that comes with textbooks and teacher and student guides.
12:00pm - School ends. I grade as much as I can before...
12:30pm - Lunch at the Hofstads with Jarle, Yngvild, Tobi, Ben, and Camilla. Yngvild makes bread often so it smells delicious when I walk into their home.
1:30-6:30pm - This time I have open. I tend to lesson plan for a good chunk of it, but then I can read, excercise, watch a movie, or do my laundry. Often the boys will be playing soccer so it’s fun to watch them go at it. I’ve played a few times and kids 8, 9, 10 years younger than me absolutely take me to school. Tobi and Ben have spent some time in Norway, and according to them kids in Ahuas play much harder than in Norway.
6:30pm - Dinner at the Rudy-Goff house. Dinner - and lunch for that matter - tends to consist of the same three things: rice, beans, and beef. A very standard meal for much of Ahuas.
7:30pm - Finish up plans, read, Skype, shower.
9:30pm - Bedtime. The blackness outside really makes me sleepy. That, and the darkness and creaks in the rest of the apartment creep me out more the later I stay up.
“While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about.” - Unknown
Hi,
ReplyDeleteSo fun to read your posts - I just got to this today as we have been out of town and than busy with the start of the school year. It seems like you have such a great attitude, being open to all that is new with a sense of adventure and a sense of humor!
It is a beautiful fall like day in Minnesota the air a bit crisp and the sun shining - we had a wonderful trip to the East Coast to visit Claire, meet some of her friends, visit Tom's parents and do some family vacationing.
I look forward to more posts - the info, pictures and quotes give a wonderful snapshot of your life there! Know you are loved and surrounded by thoughts and prayers. Love, Diane