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"The person that is most wisdom is Deven. i like him becuase he has lots of cash." -->Do I?!!?
There are some prime examples of the work I got today. The prompt was, "Write a paragraph about the wisest person you know. Use four vocabulary words in the paragraph."
My favorite:
"Devin is the wisest person I know. I am fond of the way he teaches us. Sometime he threatened us to do our work in classwork. He is nice because he lend us his arasus" (erasers..which we fixed later by sounding it out).
So...I just thought I would share with you a small taste of school here. Sometimes it's so funny! For example: One time I asked the students where their thighs were. Yapese women are NOT supposed to show their thighs...it's dirty. Well..they didn't know. I ask a student Defngad to stand. "Defngad...touch your thighs." The look on his face...he thought I asked him to touch something he shouldn't right in front of the whole class. Trust me...my Yapese counterparts and I laughed about that one for days.
Other times....Yap is odd. My principal, who is white and American, showed me a note from the last principle to all the staff saying, "I know we are not Americans. We will never be Americans and we can't work like Americans." He and I just sighed and shook our heads. How are people supposed to take your seriously when you place yourself in that kind of position? Very weird.
Other times, especially with drunken friends, it's hilarious here. Tori, who is great, said it best. We were playing a game of Battle of the Sexes. A card game that girls ask boys--GIRL questions and boys and girls--BOY questions. Complete gender stereotyping came...I am sure you can imagine.
One of the questions Tori asked while drinking, "What type of orGASim is a truffle?" All of us looked at each other...I quickly thought to myself, "I didn't know those had a name!!" Then I yelled out, "Oh No...you mean OrGANism!!" We all just died...especially Tori. She wasn't even phased as she was reading and she was waiting for the answer! What a fun day that was.
Other times, it's just sad. There are things I can't talk about on here...because it's just not appropriate...but...if you ever want to know I can tell you stories that make the eyes water. Sometimes this job is hard and not because of the teaching.
Mostly, it's an interesting journey. I have dreamed of being in the Peace Corps since high school. The idealism is tarnished for me now. I am trying my best yet, one thing I learned: Not all dreams that come true are happy ones. It's been an interesting juxtaposition for me. I have way too much time to think too..which doesn't help!
Anyway, just finished reading, Hannibal by Thomas Harris. Man...did the movie version change or what?!?! The plot is essentially the same...but wow....some of the changes were crazy! Anway...as I always say: I miss you all.
Perhaps some interesting news in the near future. I will keep you posted.
Yap Day is coming up, March 1st and 2nd. I will dress traditionally again! Lots of pictures, I promise.
Be good!
Love,
D
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