Wednesday, February 09, 2005
Tuesday Feb 8
I’ve got the feeling that I have really gotten wordy in my last posts. Sorry.
I’m not teaching this week. Today I talked at length with the 2nd Headmaster – my report pretty much confirmed what he heard from other sources, and neither of us think it is a very serious problem. But it probably won’t get resolved until the Headmaster returns on Thursday. I’m happy with this – let the students who do care, stew over it a little bit.
The teachers have told me that another teacher had similar problems a couple of years ago. And that teacher was Tanzanian, and a damn good teacher. Also Kara, a PC teacher at Sumve, had her kids go on strike against her methods. So maybe this is just a tough age to teach. Form IV. Correlates to 11th grade in the US system.
Anyway, I am busy working this week to schedule the visit for Atiba, from Technoserve in Dar es Salaam, to visit the Headmasters of the schools participating in my economic empowerment program. He had planned to come for two days, but now only for one, arriving by plane at 8:30a on Thursday, leaving at 6:00p. So I have put together one mighty packed itinerary for him. He will sleep on the plane back to Dar.
This is also the week that the students in all grades should be writing essays to send to Shari’s Young African-American Achievers group in Yorktown for judging and awards. Subject: What Education Means For Me. I’ve got to check on that tomorrow to be sure that it is happening, but teachers have been enthusiastic and it should not be a problem.
I’ve got the feeling that I have really gotten wordy in my last posts. Sorry.
I’m not teaching this week. Today I talked at length with the 2nd Headmaster – my report pretty much confirmed what he heard from other sources, and neither of us think it is a very serious problem. But it probably won’t get resolved until the Headmaster returns on Thursday. I’m happy with this – let the students who do care, stew over it a little bit.
The teachers have told me that another teacher had similar problems a couple of years ago. And that teacher was Tanzanian, and a damn good teacher. Also Kara, a PC teacher at Sumve, had her kids go on strike against her methods. So maybe this is just a tough age to teach. Form IV. Correlates to 11th grade in the US system.
Anyway, I am busy working this week to schedule the visit for Atiba, from Technoserve in Dar es Salaam, to visit the Headmasters of the schools participating in my economic empowerment program. He had planned to come for two days, but now only for one, arriving by plane at 8:30a on Thursday, leaving at 6:00p. So I have put together one mighty packed itinerary for him. He will sleep on the plane back to Dar.
This is also the week that the students in all grades should be writing essays to send to Shari’s Young African-American Achievers group in Yorktown for judging and awards. Subject: What Education Means For Me. I’ve got to check on that tomorrow to be sure that it is happening, but teachers have been enthusiastic and it should not be a problem.
