6 July, 2010
The welcoming to school this morning was interesting. The kids were at an "assembly," meaning they were outside getting caned, I assume for grades or Friday's test. Two of my P2s and one of my P1s (my favorite) came in crying. I tried to comfort them. Soon after the teachers came up to me smiling and asked how I was doing. It was hard to talk to them after listening to all that.
There are two kids I would love to take home with me, all of them really, but two in particular. I learned that the U.S. recognizes Ugandan citizenship. That's a plus.
One of my P1s had malaria but said that she wanted to come to school to study, she didn't want to stay at home. She was laying on the desks when I walked in.
Today in class both classes taught me Luganda.
Right after work we went to the supermarket. We got a picture of Andrew the guy who runs the market. We got somosas at the chapat stand on the way home. They were out of chapat :( I bought bananas at one of the fruit stands. I asked how much they were and she said, "500 shillings...no, 700 shillings." I gave her 700, knowing full well that she was totally ripping me off because it was only 200 extra shillings. I will have to up my game for this weekend's craft bargaining though :)
We went to the well and met these guys who thought we were the same age as them, so they started hitting on us. They said they were 14, 15, and 16 (and clearly, some of them were lying about their age). One of them looked about 12 and said he was 16. He then proceeded to ask us personal questions, at which point we just started walking again.
Gotta go study for tomorrow's Luganda test!
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