My School

I know, it was about time I posted a picture about the school where I am teaching...because after all that is why I am here right? Talk about priorities. School is fine, teachers are nice although most of them speak very little English. Students are almost exaggeratedly well behaved and very smart. Here they are doing what they routinely do at 7:30am: after breakfast they attend flag ceremony where they sing the national anthem, do some Budhist prays and then go to class. They wear black and white uniforms: skirts for the girls and shorts for the boys. When I walk around the school and encounter students they vow to me and to any adult they see (this is funny and it makes me feel old). This is part of the Thai culture where younger people has to show respect to their elders by vowing(even if they are just one or a few years older). I have been observing Thai teachers in the classrooms. I will finally start teaching on Monday. I will teach animal anatomy (kids will dissect squids and clams) and ecology (biomes). It will be fun!