right click or left?
Wow, class number 3 and i forgot how I felt as i fumbled around in menu's wondering if I should right click or left, just hoping that I'd pick the right one. Some of my students/teachers are stuck in this frustrating beginning wondering if they'll get out. Some, on the other hand are hoping to get through all 7 modules including power point, internet, excell and access. Wow. I had to hold back the laughter a few times as they flounded through what they thought were all the right steps and ended up somewhere quite far from the desired end.
I've somehow become the tech-go-to-person which includes printing student pictures for the girls netball team and the boys rugby team, installing drivers for printers, controlling porn restrictions on student access computers, setting up usernames for every student on the media team, figuring out how to use the server, etc. To say the least, I'm learning a few things about pc's/microsoft. Mac's rock. They are so much more user friendly and don't have unnecessary things just hangin around. Either way, i'm learning!
Funny things about this place. . . there are quite a few. IN the morning, the principal stands outside and smokes. He smokes in his office, pretty much wherever. Good example. The tea and dishes lady. . . there's an older lady who works here. I'm convinced her main role is to make tea and clean up the dishes from it. Everyone drinks tea here, like every chance they get and I Guess she cleans up after it. She's making me tea on breaks too, which is nice I guess, but kinda funny. Not sure what i'm going to do when I go back to the states and i'm not a celebrity any more. Everywhere i go it's, "hello miss." "You look pretty miss." "Good morning miss." I think part of it is culture and the other part is fascination with my white skin. hum.
I thought africa was going to be rough. I still think it is, but not for me. My host mom makes my lunch for me every morning, coffee in the afternoon, tea and snacks whenever. there's a lady who comes to our house from the village who does our laundry. Any volunteers from home to take over when i return? seriously. I started feeling bad about it yesterday. I can do my own laundry. And she works for $N20-30. That's between $4-5 USD. SHe was there from 9 am to 8 pm. SHe brought the baby too. She's cute. And get this- she named the baby Janet, my host mother's name. I guess it's tradition for this tribe to name their babies after their employers. Crazy, I know. . . . mine would be little baby linda or little ol' scotty or roger. Funny. The whole thing's kinda weird.
Going to the dam soon. Janet has a friend who owns a big ol house at the dam and they have all kinds of african animals and condo type things to stay in. Nice. I met her today and she says, "I have to come out and have coffee with her." Okay.
Going home now. Hope this sends. Internet here sucks. I should just be thankful. uggh.Problem is, when it goes wrong, they'll expect me to fix it. geeze!
I've somehow become the tech-go-to-person which includes printing student pictures for the girls netball team and the boys rugby team, installing drivers for printers, controlling porn restrictions on student access computers, setting up usernames for every student on the media team, figuring out how to use the server, etc. To say the least, I'm learning a few things about pc's/microsoft. Mac's rock. They are so much more user friendly and don't have unnecessary things just hangin around. Either way, i'm learning!
Funny things about this place. . . there are quite a few. IN the morning, the principal stands outside and smokes. He smokes in his office, pretty much wherever. Good example. The tea and dishes lady. . . there's an older lady who works here. I'm convinced her main role is to make tea and clean up the dishes from it. Everyone drinks tea here, like every chance they get and I Guess she cleans up after it. She's making me tea on breaks too, which is nice I guess, but kinda funny. Not sure what i'm going to do when I go back to the states and i'm not a celebrity any more. Everywhere i go it's, "hello miss." "You look pretty miss." "Good morning miss." I think part of it is culture and the other part is fascination with my white skin. hum.
I thought africa was going to be rough. I still think it is, but not for me. My host mom makes my lunch for me every morning, coffee in the afternoon, tea and snacks whenever. there's a lady who comes to our house from the village who does our laundry. Any volunteers from home to take over when i return? seriously. I started feeling bad about it yesterday. I can do my own laundry. And she works for $N20-30. That's between $4-5 USD. SHe was there from 9 am to 8 pm. SHe brought the baby too. She's cute. And get this- she named the baby Janet, my host mother's name. I guess it's tradition for this tribe to name their babies after their employers. Crazy, I know. . . . mine would be little baby linda or little ol' scotty or roger. Funny. The whole thing's kinda weird.
Going to the dam soon. Janet has a friend who owns a big ol house at the dam and they have all kinds of african animals and condo type things to stay in. Nice. I met her today and she says, "I have to come out and have coffee with her." Okay.
Going home now. Hope this sends. Internet here sucks. I should just be thankful. uggh.Problem is, when it goes wrong, they'll expect me to fix it. geeze!
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