Teaching at Big AHOPE (random picture, not AHOPE)
We were asked to teach English to the 3rd and 4th graders at Big
AHOPE. There is a little school room that has tables, chairs, a
cabinet, a bookshelf and a small wipe board.
We called the 3rds and a group of about 10 showed up. They were very
noisy. We had them back namebadges and then say one thing they liked.
Then they had to go around the room and list everyone before them.
They did not listen well, we had trouble with behavior management!!!
Next we had the 4ths. There were fewer of them and both boys I
sponsor, M. and N. were in that group which was exciting!!! They were
much better behaved and we finished early. We had them find Chicago on
the map and let them go. It was good to finally feel that we did a
project that served a purpose, this was Wednesday, June 17th. We will
hopefully have these kids twice a week.
Embassy Row
We stay in a neighborhood of Embassies and Embassy residences. In
fact, our easiest landmark is to say the Royal Norweigen Embassy
residence. But it is also the residence neighborhood for Sahara,
Malawi(that's right Madonna!!), Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Greece and my
beloved Canada. While there are still hole in the wall stores, tin
shacks, goats on the road and begging, it appears that we are in a
more affluent subsection of the city.
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