On Friday, we were out playing with the kids and some more questions came. I got asked why I don't exercise more, why my skin is peeling (because of my sun burn), why I have read dots on my face (pimples), why I have lines on my feet from my shoes (tan lines)...one of the guys Paul was also being bombarded with questions. They asked him why he is so hairy. They also said he looks like a girl and he has nice hair. While asking these questions, one kid just started grabbing at his nose. This kids are so funny. They love to touch you get get some human contact. It is crazy when you have 10 kids all trying to hold your hand at once. There was one little boy, Michael, who I love! He is so cute. We were playing ball together. He was so content not being in the big mob of kids. He just wanted to toss the ball back and forth. It makes me smile just thinking about it.
Today, my teacher asked me to help her with the computer. I thought to myself okay, I am not good with computers, but I can try. She was amazed when I copied and pasted something. She had me type up the exams today. It was interesting. At home, I am lacking in computer skills. Here, I am a genius. She asked me if I would give her a lesson about computer skills.
Today, I had another teacher come up to me and ask me if I would like him to show me around the Hostels, which is where the students I teach are boarded. I had also mentioned to my teacher that we can hear jazz music at night but we do not know where it is coming from. She told this other teacher and he said he will take me and if anyone else from my group wants to go and see this jazz music. I am pretty excited!
I think that the way the kids openly share their curiosity is so precious! It is like everyone wants to be your friend! It's also funny that they don't seem to know which questions are "appropriate" and which ones aren't. If they want to know something, they just seem to ask it! lol I guess that is another cultural difference. Here we are too concerned with being politically correct and we are very censored in what is ok to say and what is not. That is interesting.
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