Monday I taught in 10 classes at the school in Merger, kindergarten
through 6th grade, ages 3 – 17.
Merger is a community about a one hour drive from Croix des Bouquets
where I am staying. There were 186
kids! Except for 6th grade,
all the classes are in one 3-sided cement brick building with only tarp hung
between grades to make rooms. I don’t
know how the teachers do it, or how the kids pay attention. Since it was my 1st time at this
school, I only taught about birds: woodpecker, hummingbird, parrots and
parakeets, and hawks. As with previous
schools, the kids all said hawks eat chickens, and most said they take the eggs
to eat or crush. I gave buttons to the
older kids, and stickers to the kindergarteners. Woodky was a great translator.
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| Swarm of kids. |
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| Kindergarten class |
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| Rhoda, Woodky, and me |
Today is National
Agriculture Day. Kids don't have school, some businesses are closed,
and at the State University and Ministry of Agriculture there is a 3 day
ag fair. Woodky and I were to teach in a nearby community center, but a
guard died (in his sleep) so all events there were canceled. But then
we found out about the ag fair so Rhoda and I took the 2 kids who live
here. It's like a state fair - ag exhibits, animals, vegetables, booths
from different organizations, food. AND we saw President Martelly!
And I met some people interested in ecotourism. Turned out to be a
great day after all. (Oh and the flamingo watching was canceled, the
Haitian who was going to accompany us couldn't get here.)
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| Casslin, Berlinda, and Rhoda waiting for the president to walk by at the Agricultural Fair. |
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| Martelly & Me |
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| Waiting for the prez. from a combine. |
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Group promoting propane to save trees
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| 1 million trees for 2012. |
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