I was dropped off at school by my host families driver at about 8:10 which to my knowledge would make me late since school starts at 8. However I got out of the car and followed about 10 kids in. I guess I'm just not used to such a laid back school. After I arrived and walked in alone with everyone yelling Hello!! Hello!! I made my way to my classroom. I helped them set up for games and then went to a different room to play games. That's about all we did until noon. They had a room that was black and had glow in the dark stars and black lights!! It was sweet and we played games and if you lost you got flour all over the face! I was covered by the time I left. What amazed me was that everything cost money. They charged you to play the games and enter the star room etc. Luckily I'm a superstar here and they payed for me to play darts and to get into the star trek room. They also bought me a glass with a little bit of coke and alot of ice in it. They are all so nice and considerate. Yesterday on the way to the gates where we get picked up a classmate bought me a popsicle for the wait.Today I was just sitting, keeping to myself and observing when two guys invited me to play this game and when I offered to pay they shot me down and insisted that I let them pay.... It was mighty nice, I later found out they were only 15 haha. After all this ended we went and ate a lunch of friend rice with chili sauce and then went back to clean up the mess. After that we watched a horror movie. During this time they informed me that the whole class is going to pick me up on saturday and take me to see the temples and have a picnic at the waterfalls. I'm sooo excited and shocked by how considerate they are. In the U.S. most kids would just let you sit and eat lunch by yourself and sit in class without a soul to talk to. I know this from experience, however these kids wouldn't leave me alone, I almost went to the bathroom just to get a second to myself. I can't wait to see what tommorow holds even though I'm pretty sure they are actually going to have class tommorow...BUMMMER. School is great the only reason I want to leave is to get some time to review after being clobbered all day, otherwise I would live there!
Until Later, Dacotah Smith
Sounds like you're having a pretty good time there now. There's always a bit of homesickness at first but once you get used to things it gets a whole lot better.
ReplyDeleteI lived in Japan for a year and found Asian people to be the friendliest people I'd ever encountered to that point and since then also. I'd go back in a heartbeat.
Happy to hear that you've got plans to go out with them and see the sights.
Keep smiling. You're in our thoughts and prayers.
Susan Culver