Friday Assembly

Every Monday and Friday morning we have an assembly. Since most of it is in Tshivenda i dont know all of what they are saying. But i am starting to understand quite a bit of the language.
Something this learners do... that i dont think most high school students in America do is that they sing. I love it! They have great rythmic songs they sing as they are all gathered together.
I look forward to that on these mornings.
Today the principal spoke and then announced the top 3 people from every class and announced their scores. These students were awarded with school supplies. It was really neat b/c you could tell the students were pround and i think it does give motivation to the other learners.

It is interesting b/c 40% is concidered passing here! but it was exciting b/c some of these students who were announced were getting into the 70% !

I think in all of my posts i have rarely mentioned the other volunteers! Which is hard to believe because these people have become fast friends/ family. Believe me when you have had a hard day b/c of the culture it is so nice to have at least ONE person from the western world who can relate to you!

All of the vounteers that have been here, while i am here, live in another village, Manamani. Which is about a 45 minute walk away. We try and meet in town or at each others willages a couple times a week. This is when we share a funny stories for the week, etc. This was also the crew i went with to Kruger National park. They are from all over. ireland, New zealand, Canada,USA, Mexico... etc...

It is amazing how quickly you get to know each other when you are throw into an experiance like this. As they all take off it is really quite sad.. but i look forward to seeing them all sometime in the future...