Hello all
A Month has passed and I feel incredibly happy. I feel as if I've returned home after visiting the UK for a long time. India is and now will forever be my home. the smells, the colours, the music- just everything here makes me happy. However,I am facing many challenges in regards to teaching. the children are not as well behaved as first expected & are so noisy constantly, I'm struggling a bit to control the classes & coming up with new & inventive ways for teaching the children English grammar. Some struggle more than others not only to understand English , but to see the board.
The classrooms are a bit Cozy & very hot! but hopefully teaching these challenging but cute kids will become easier over time.
There have been many strikes here and I arrived just in time for the Ganesh festival which was brilliant. The monsoon season is almost passed & the sun is out a lot more. It's so beautiful here, especially when the sun shines off the temple next to my home. Just a couple of weeks ago there was awesome lightning storms. There were full lightning bolts pulsing through the ink black sky, it was stunning and scary to watch.
I have adopted a lizard that lives in my toilet, he's called Roger & another smaller lizard that likes to chill on the ceiling of my room; he's called Rajesh. There is so much wildlife here that can roam around freely without fear of being killed or eaten. I love India and their respect for animal life.
PS. Some of the money has Rhinos on it Mum :D You'd love it :) Oh and tell Zoe the poster she made for me is stuck on my wall and always makes me smile.
Holly 01/10/13
A Month has passed and I feel incredibly happy. I feel as if I've returned home after visiting the UK for a long time. India is and now will forever be my home. the smells, the colours, the music- just everything here makes me happy. However,I am facing many challenges in regards to teaching. the children are not as well behaved as first expected & are so noisy constantly, I'm struggling a bit to control the classes & coming up with new & inventive ways for teaching the children English grammar. Some struggle more than others not only to understand English , but to see the board.
The classrooms are a bit Cozy & very hot! but hopefully teaching these challenging but cute kids will become easier over time.
There have been many strikes here and I arrived just in time for the Ganesh festival which was brilliant. The monsoon season is almost passed & the sun is out a lot more. It's so beautiful here, especially when the sun shines off the temple next to my home. Just a couple of weeks ago there was awesome lightning storms. There were full lightning bolts pulsing through the ink black sky, it was stunning and scary to watch.
I have adopted a lizard that lives in my toilet, he's called Roger & another smaller lizard that likes to chill on the ceiling of my room; he's called Rajesh. There is so much wildlife here that can roam around freely without fear of being killed or eaten. I love India and their respect for animal life.
PS. Some of the money has Rhinos on it Mum :D You'd love it :) Oh and tell Zoe the poster she made for me is stuck on my wall and always makes me smile.
