Today has been another long but rewarding day for our team. We have officially begun our work in Bac Ha. We drove up to our hotel from the train, at breakfast, and had a quick practice at Health and Hygiene. We then drove down to lunch at our favorite restaurant in Bao Nhai. We showed up at the first out of two elementary schools we will be teaching Health and Hygiene. We met with the Headmaster, had introductions, and then quickly went to our room to set up. The school had a projector for us to use, but it was not in the room and there was not an extension cord to use. There was a bit of chaos figuring out whether or not we were going to have a projector, and moving our curriculum around a bit as 90 noisy 1-3rd graders sat and waited for us to begin. Our teaching session ended up being a "on the edge of your seat" fun adventure. We had props everywhere, excited kids both yelling out answers and raising their hands, and us trying to figure out what was next, who said what and how to involve all the kids.
The day was very tiring, but rewarding. We figure you have to start somewhere. And it will only get better. We were very excited to see the enthusiasm of the students. We were not sure if they were going to be shy. They for sure are not shy!
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