My first year as a primary school teacher ended at the end of November (the school year here runs from February-November). It had its challenges, for sure, but overall it was a great year--I can't imagine not having had the privilege of teaching the 29 kids who made up my class. How I thank God for giving me this new assignment as well as the grace day by day to carry it out! I'm also so grateful to all who were partnering with me in this adventure by upholding me in prayer.
It wasn't easy to get a class picture because the few months of school it seemed there was always at least one student absent. Finally, one day in mid-November, they were all there, so my teammate Emily stood up on a desk and snapped some pics. Hard to get so many kids to smile, when most are not used to having their picture taken, plus a few weren't feeling well. Here's one that turned out pretty well, though.
My class, class 1B, was somewhat the equivalent of grade one in North America. Class 1A is the first level at the school; the kids learn how to read in Dinka, their mother tongue, and start to learn oral English. In Class 1B, the main goal for the year is to learn English phonics and how to read in English. They also do some Math and Social Studies. There were 17 girls and 12 boys in my class, ranging in age from 7 to 15. Here's a more relaxed shot of them.
I'll end this post with a close-up of quite a smily bunch cropped from another of the pictures taken that day.
It wasn't easy to get a class picture because the few months of school it seemed there was always at least one student absent. Finally, one day in mid-November, they were all there, so my teammate Emily stood up on a desk and snapped some pics. Hard to get so many kids to smile, when most are not used to having their picture taken, plus a few weren't feeling well. Here's one that turned out pretty well, though.
My class, class 1B, was somewhat the equivalent of grade one in North America. Class 1A is the first level at the school; the kids learn how to read in Dinka, their mother tongue, and start to learn oral English. In Class 1B, the main goal for the year is to learn English phonics and how to read in English. They also do some Math and Social Studies. There were 17 girls and 12 boys in my class, ranging in age from 7 to 15. Here's a more relaxed shot of them.
I'll end this post with a close-up of quite a smily bunch cropped from another of the pictures taken that day.
They all look beautiful! We thank God with you for all He's done through you and with you. D & N
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