We started making the kids' homework into something of a competition and that has really inspired them since they discovered the rewards were beautifully shiny, ice-cold Coca-Cola bottles. We waited a week to announce the winners (the ones that got the highest grades on the test we gave them) and every day we got asked who was the winner. On Monday, a kid told me, "Miss we cannot control ourselves-no suspense Miss no hiding secrets."
Although some of these kids are the reason I will probably grow gray hairs at way too young of an age-some of them have really grown on me. We have three 7th grade classes that we teach and in one of them is this boy named Abu (yes, like the monkey in Aladdin!). He is really chubby and has a squishy face with a little bald head and is very sweet. When we announced that his score was one of the winners he put his hands up for a traditional, Indian victory dance!
I have also found something Indian that I really like to eat, like everyday. For 10 rupees one can enjoy the state food of Maharashtra (the state I am in right now). It is a bun with two different types of chutney on it with a fat patty of potato inside-it is amazing and will change your life. Anna has started going to the gym, but I don't see much of a need to pay so much for weekly memberships (since after this week we only have two left). Amelia is coming tonight, which is exciting and I am hoping that out little bed won't be too cramped with all three of us in it (wishful thinking I know).
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