Anna and I spend most of our days in the Teacher's Resource Room (that's TRC to the in-crowd). This very nice room is run my this old woman that sits in the corner of the room. I am pretty sure that she hates us when we try to bring kids in there and such. She has no respect for our property and threw away a bunch of student papers because she was trying to re-organize these books. Today, I opened a room to dry some student artwork and she bit my head off because there were so many boys in their messing around and she didn't want to get up and go try to control them. I walked over to these "terrible children" and all I saw through the window of the room were two boys thoughtfully looking at a physics textbook...absolutely terrifying I am sure. I really love the kids but I am getting continually more annoyed by the terrible administration in this place. They don't really pay attention to us or take anything that we do with the kids seriously. I KNOW that I am trying to teach them something valuable that they Will probably never again have the opportunity to learn but the teachers think it is an absolute joke. I cannot believe how terrible some of...
*Evil TRC lady just reached across me and grabbed my mouse so she could flick it aimlessly across my page only to ask, "What are you doing?" I replied, "It is private and I would appreciate you not looking over my shoulder." Doesn't really matter I 'spouse since she can barely speak English let alone read it...
anyhow...the teachers are. They seemed so immersed in standardized test scores that they really haven't stopped to think about the fact that what they are giving this kids isn't education. These kids are extremely bright but all they know are facts and all the correct multiple choice questions in the world can't prepare you to be the type of articulate individuals often associated with success. Seriously?!
I have less than two weeks now and it feels strange to think that I will be going soon. I really feel like I haven't been here that long and that I am only REALLY settling in now. Bombay feels like home since I grew comfortable with its crammed roads and ocean landscapes. I am trying my hardest to capture as many pictures as I can before I leave since my camera seems to have a thing for deleting them when I need them most.
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