This was a great week in Karanse. After months of doing basic (and very necessary) curriculum on theory of Christian education and observation in the classrooms, several of our student teachers did their frst teaching of classes this week. No one has done a full lesson, yet, as we're easing them into this a lttle at a time, but it was great to see it begin to come together for them. One of my students, 6 foot tall, worldly-wise Agaba, said, the day before it would be his turn, "I think I'll faint!" He ddn't, and they all did fine. Still have much to learn, but a really good first step.
Because they're all working in pairs at different grade levels, I had some extra time to observe in the classrooms as our Karanse teachers taught, too. This is always one of my favorite things, and this week was no exception. I'm always so pleased (and surprised, I have to admit) when they do creative things, outdoor classes, group work, etc. They've been taught all of those things (some of them by me at JTTC the last time I lived here), but they're so counter-cultural that I love to see them going against the tide of their culture and actually doing it!
Hopefully, my downloading of pictures will work and you can see a couple of them for yourself! The look on their faces is relief! Elijah and Daniel taught in first and second grades and did wall dsplays with the children's work, so that's their pictures of that, too.
Finally got some Christmas and New Year's pictures loaded, too, so I'll include a couple of those, too.
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