So Monday was supposed to be the first day back to classes
for students at Lawandlkazi. But oh ya,
this is Africa. I am trying to make #TIA
a thing, but its not going well…. Anyway, the teachers didn’t show up for the
first day, so some students stood around, and some ditched. I had this big plan to play icebreaker games,
but it obviously didn’t happen. #TIA..
A special note to Granny and pops, who I know are reading
this: a hash tag (#) followed by some words (TIA) is called trending. On social media like twitter, I can trend
#TIA and a person could click on it and see all of the trends that have ever
been typed. So if in the course of this blog,
I ever write #TIA, it is a reminder that This
Is Africa, and all things are quite different!
When it rains, people don’t go to work or school. #TIA
When it’s the first day, the last day, or any arbitrary day
that people feel like not being productive, school shuts down. #TIA
When the government doesn’t allocate the funds to the
school, the kids don’t eat. #TIA
Anyway, yesterday was Tuesday, and half of the teachers
came! (glass half full). I got there early to round up my kids, and 13
of us were there! We played get-to-know-you
games, partly because they are not back in the academic swing of things, and
partly so they want to come! I wanted to
keep it short, but we were having such a good time, we played for nearly 3
hours!
The most #TIA game was absolutely the fact/fiction
game. I split us up into two teams;
girls vs boys. Each player wrote 5 “facts”
about themselves on a slip of paper, put them into their team hats. The boys drew into the girls hat, and tried
to guess whose fact they drew. I was a
titch surprised that we had to spend some time defining truth statements, but
once we got the ball rolling, everyone was very interested. Most of the boys “facts” were really helpful!
“Both of my parents are unemployed.” “My favorite sport is soccer, and I play goal
tender.” “I have 7 sisters, and 4
brothers.”
The girls were a bit more tricky.
“I am a beautiful black woman.” “I am happy.”
“I am kind and beautiful.” And my personal favorite, which there were 7
of the same: “I am a born again virgin.”
Well, at least I know that we can spend some time working on
objective statements!
#TIA..
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