田鼠妹Ghana追梦70天 ---4

服务日第1天,我兴奋的睡不着,很早就起来准备.小声的说,其实是晚上AC和蚊子吵架让我睡不着,时差也出来了所以就半醒半睡到天亮……

我们在service center会合后,就向部落的village走去.到了路口看到几排土墙和干草屋顶的小屋,很像电影lord of the ring--little creepy guy's house, 草屋有圆也有方,乱乱的排列着.

有个topless小孩站在不远处看着我们,手和脚很瘦贴着骨头但肚子鼓的像球感觉就是typical的营养不好,我就忍不住低叫"Jesus,somebody get that kid a sandwich!""welcome to Africa~" Shawn挥手大声的说,队友们都笑了. 我们跟小孩say hello他却跑了，马上就有1堆小孩跑过来对我们笑,很快就听到阵阵鼓声从远处传来.人也越来越多,有男的有女的有小孩有老人,大家都围着我们笑眯眯的.

Tribal welcome dance开始了! 鼓手们打鼓,5个女生穿着部落服拿着白/蓝手巾,光脚跳舞,表演了10分钟后,她们开始邀请我们加入,Finally! 大家就围着大圈手拉手学跳部落舞. 好奇怪,平时我可以很轻松的不停跳舞60mins但在这里跳几下就感觉有点喘气.后来慢慢找到原因是太闷热了又没有AC. 平时走路都会消耗大量体能和汗, 所以当地人走路做事都很慢.

仪式结束后,Tribal chief很热情的邀请我们吃中餐.4个部落妈妈拿4个大铁盆放在桌上,看不清是什么,反正都是汤,有红有黄有绿 very greasy. Local staff说这是banku & fufu w/ chicken, fish, pork etc., 当我们站着等盘子叉子时,the chief猛的伸手到汤里捞东西吃给我们看,原来在这里都是用手抓的.我马上找出hand sanitizer,没想到还没开始檫,就有很多白手飞快的伸进盆里,队友们都很努力的表现要容入当地文化的样子,只有我和Erica很hesitated…

Shawn偷偷的在旁边说,你们再不伸手, 里面就只剩下大家的手毛了. Erica马上就像疯了的闪电伸手.如果不吃太无礼了,我也只好拼啦! 抓了块软软的很粘的东西, 马上吞下也不知道是什么, 又咸又辣又酸, 还有怪怪的气味. 阳光下,大家脸红红的吃到流泪, 手上流着油水却不忘很客气的大声赞叹:delicious, 部落人听到后都很高兴笑了…

下午,每个team跟着队属的local staff到各自的服务区熟悉环境.因为部落人住的很分散,所以每个服务区也很分散,工作日几乎碰不到其他队友,只有周末出去玩才会见面.

我也看到了隔天上课的学校,教室真的很挑战我的想像,是几排松夸夸的土墙和铁皮屋顶的房子,很旧也很破, 感觉大风吹就会马上倒了.Local staff说在部落的中心地点, 其他的team正在造全新的石头墙的新学校.

我们要按Ghana教育局规定的text book教课但可以外带协助教材.下面是我的syllabus:

PRIMARY 5 ENGLISH - Curriculum excerpts:
1.Help the pupil develop the basic language skills of listening, speaking, reading & writing.
2.Interact with the students
3.Listening to poems/rhymes
4.Listening to instructions, story-telling, conversation, drama,
5.Anomalous finites (modals: must, have to, should, ought to, need to)
6.Adverbs of more than one word, prepositions, adjectives, direct and reported speech
7.More about quantifiers (some, any, few, a few, little, a little, many, much, both, all, a majority, the majority)
8.Idioms and idiomatic expressions

JUNIOR HIGH MATH - Curriculum excerpts
1.Develop the habits of diligence, perseverance, confidence and precision as a result of their mathematical training.
2.Develop basic ideas of quantity and space, use basic mathematics and necessary strategies for solving problems encountered in daily life by recognizing relationships between numbers
3.Reason logically by selecting and applying criteria for classification and generalization, communicate effectively using mathematical terms and symbols.
4.Use appropriate instruments for various systems of measurement. Carry out investigations using various mathematical ideas and operations.
5.Numeration systems, Linear equations and inequalities, Angles, Collecting and handling data, Rational numbers, Geometric constructions.
6.Shape and space, Algebraic expressions, Number plane, Properties of quadrilaterals, ratio and proportion.

我们有4个教课工在部落的学校工作, 住serivce center的Edwin和Cindy教小学1--4 English. Shawn教初中英文和小学1--4的普及数学. 因为学生太多了, 教室不够,很多班级都分成2~3班,我教的英文和数学各分成2班. 每天我要为4个班各上2堂课, 每班有30+学生, 每节是40mins, 午休是2hrs, 从周1到周5. 我们要按规定详细的记录教课工作笔记, 10周后传递给下1任的volunteer.

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