After showering, getting dressed and brushing my teeth, I sat down to do devotions as I do every morning, then I worked on finishing up the calculus lessons. Today would be my last day of teaching, since tomorrow is their big test. At 6am I headed to the medium boys house and once again Noah was not ready, so had to stay behind. We waited at the medium boys house until it was time to head to breakfast and I ate, grabbed a bowl for Noah and then headed back to the room to finish up my plans for calculus. When it was time to head to school, I brought Noah along with me to help take a few pictures of the class. This is actually also a 'punishment' for him, because if he's at the school, he likes to play with the little children during their recess or P.E. class rather than sit in a math class all morning...but he did take some really nice pictures!
 |
| Derivative Rule for Quotients |
 |
| The graduating class of 2017 learning calculus |
 |
| Explaining how to use rules of derivatives |
 |
| Ruth (in front) watching the process of using rules of derivatives |
 |
| The class working towards learning calculus in a week and a half |
The students asked if I could come back in the afternoon and teach as well. I had absolutely nothing planned for the afternoon (in terms of calculus), so I said that if the principal okay-ed it, then they would have to come with questions, because I had nothing prepared. The principal said that the students could have calculus class all day (WHO wants that???), so that became my plan for the afternoon. During the 1/2 hour break from 10:00-10:30, Noah said that he wanted to head back to our room and spend the rest of the morning there, so I walked him back. I began reorganizing and folding the blanket 'mess' in the armoire. Noah and I found 2 cockroaches in there! One of them I swept outside, but the other went onto another shelf that I hadn't cleaned yet.
When break was over, I cut my armoir cleaning short, and headed back to school to teach for the second 1.5 hours. At lunch, I headed to the comedor and ate, and then grabbed Noah's bowl and took it to him. I finished cleaning out the armoire prior to heading back to school for the afternoon and found 2 more cockroaches. I went to get Nathaniel next door, who is about Noah's age and likes to kill cockroaches. He told me that there were actually THREE in there. Unfortunately he only killed one and the other two went into hiding, so we'll have to be on the look-out for it in the next few days.
When it was time to head back to class, I went and let the students know that I was there to answer questions. They had a lot of homework to catch up on, so they asked as they hit problems that they needed help on. At the end of class, they asked me where I lived; I told them Wisconsin, which of course they had never heard of...so since I had my laptop and internet modem along, I brought up a map of North America and showed them Honduras and the United States (so they could see the size difference), then zoomed in on the USA and showed them where Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia were (where most groups who come to Emmanuel are from) and then where Ohio is (the group that left today), and then where Wisconsin is. Then I zoomed in on Wisconsin and showed them where Neenah was. Then I realized that there's a street-view to Google Maps, so I plugged in my address and they were able to see our house! It was an awesome picture taken last fall when our Autumn Blaze Maple tree was complete covered in its beautiful red leaves! They students were awestruck by the tree, so I explained that each fall in Wisconsin the leaves change to red, orange or yellow before falling off. They had never seen this before!
When school was over, I went back to the room to fold the laundry I had washed that day, and then we headed to supper at the comedor. The medium boys were able to play soccer in the cancha (soccer field and playground) out in front of the school this evening, so we joined them down there before heading in for the night.
Posts
