School was supposed to start on Monday but what ended up happening was slow motion registration. The kids trickled in from 8-10 and then they registered and paid their dues and then stood around for hours talking to their friends while us teachers sat under a mango tree chatting.
Tuesday we took attendence, i'm a homeroom teacher for an 8th grade class, and then the kids cleaned the classroom and we continued to sit around for the rest of the day.

Wednesday the kids brought tools, hos, rakes, cutlasses(machetes), and were instructed to clean up the school grounds. So I had to stand by the area my class was cleaning and keep them working. I can't say i felt too comfortable standing beside a field as black children worked away in the boiling hot sun, of course it's still rammadan so this is all while they are fasting. Then the kids weren't working hard enough so some of the male teachers grabbed branches from the tree, taking of the leaves, and coming over to where the students were shouting about flogging. I was like uhm there's no way i'm doing that. But they didn't hit the kids, thank goodness, and later talked about how they want to phase out using corporal punishment and just use it as a scare tactic. I'm hoping that's true and I won't have to witness it!

Today we took attendence and then had a staff meeting while all the students sat in their classrooms probably bored off their asses for like 4 hours. At the staff meeting i found out what i'll be teaching and it will be 8th grade math and computers. I was actually given a choice between math and science and i chose math. It really is easier to teach. Although it's harder for the kids to understand I think I can do it. The teachers here are all really great. They have some good ideas for school improvement and seem eager to implement them. They were also really worried about over loading me, something PC warned me about, and so i'm starting slow and will add more classes if I can. I'm also going to be a part of some of the clubs the school has: peer health counseling, agriculture, child protection club, pe club, and social club. PLUS they want to build a library so i'm going to try to help them out with that in the future. I'm starting to feel like i MAY actually make a difference!