Pictures!

Finally! Thanks Mom for funding the External Hard Drive that made this possible. Now, without further ado, some pictures from my house and my school. Pictures from vacation will come next time.

So, I'm actually at the PC Training Center here, on the day of Swearing In. I'm pinning my name on the big Lesotho map where my site is. Not sure if it's usually a ceremonial thing, but about 4 of us pretended it was. Notice my Seshoeshoe shirt (very popular with the Bo'me) and my back sweat - apparently, it was really hot here once. Seems like a distant memory.

School

A view from my school on a cloudy day. I teach on top of a mountain, though in Lesotho terms, it's called a hill. Here you see one of the toilets, not very exciting. The point is, look, I'm in the clouds!

But when the weather is nicer, it's quite beautiful up here. On a hot day, the wind you get on the mountain top is refreshing.

"Lesotho, Fatse La Bontata Rona..." 

These aren't my students - this was on a school field trip to a Cave Village called Ha Kome, where we saw many other schools too. Some kids were sitting hanging over a ledge overlooking this expansive mountain landscape, and I thought the silhouettes made for a nice picture. This is currently the wallpaper on my computer.

This is just a completely silly response to a recent test question. Actually it's kind of cute. Nevermind that the answer to "Organ that produces sperm" is "male and female." In case you can't read it, the question is "Describe, in detail, the process of fertilization in humans." The answer is "human have a baby and have a big house. Human have money but not all. The want a work because she want a money." This was FAR from the worst answer I got to this question. The worst was "Tail. Uclens. Tail. Uclens. Tail."

FASFAC - Form A Super Fun Academic Competition

I had a competition in my classes for a month. I divided the class into teams of 9, and the team with the highest test average for the month won. The winning team got a pen, a goofy certificate, and got to come to my house for home-made chili. It was a blast.

Here's one of the certificates. Palesa Mokete is the "magrabilitationalism" girl. I drew everything on the certificate, then gave it to another teacher who helped with the compteition, to add some color.  She unknowingly drew a Jewish star (in Christmas colors, no less) which gave me a good laugh.

5 of the winners, at my house, eating chili and showing off their sweet new certificates. From left to right, Ntsoaki Morake, Palesa "Magrabilitationalism" Mokete, Dimakatso Nkabane, Puseletso Lentjeka, and Mankoane Maimane. All really good kids, and some of them are really bright (hence them winning).

Showing the kids my music, and pictures of my family and America. A very Peace Corps picture, no doubt.

They took my camera and started playing with it out on my front lawn. This is just a ridiculous picture that I can't stop laughing at. In my head, Palesa is screaming "Magrabilitationalism!" and Puseletso is saying "What the F are you thinking?" 

Finally, one last picture, this one of Selabalo, the 4 year old I talk about from time to time. This is also on my front lawn.

Enjoy! Ke tla ngola hape haufinyane (I'll write again soon).