The most important update is that I am feeling much better. I eventually ended up going to see a doctor who prescribed me antibiotics and they are definitely making a huge difference. My appointment was very strange. He literally saw me for three minutes and I left with 6 prescriptions- one for each of my symptoms and an antibiotic. Most of them were equivalents of the thousands of over the counter pills that I have stockpiled in my room, so I decided to just stick with the antibiotic. Anyways, everyone will be happy to know that I am out of bed and back to enjoying India. I am not quite back to enjoying Indian food, but I am sure my body is happy that I am taking a break from potatoes and sticking to the BRAT diet.
On Tuesday we were able to complete our interviews with the sixth and seventh graders. It was so wonderful to hear about their lives, and I am so grateful to Sanghamitra for translating for so many hours. Since Dolly-ji already wrote up information about their families we just wanted to talk to them more about their everyday life and aspirations for the future
Here are the questions we asked them. Most of them we would follow up with why questions etc.
Annie also took incredible pictures of the children and I am excited to finally put all of this together when I get home. Today I was able to teach my class and we reviewed the present tense. The kids are definitely improving at forming sentences and I have noticed that they know a lot more verbs and adjectives than they did a month ago.
I decided to venture to Godalia (the huge market) on my own after Little Stars today. I had the intention of buying some gifts (which I did do) but it ended up turning into a huge shopping trip. I rode over with a really nice man from Kentucky who is here doing a Buddhist retreat. I really enjoyed the opportunity to give him advice about the best restaurants and peaceful places in the city to journal. It is moments like those that I realize how amazing it is that I have found a rhythm in this chaotic city halfway across the world.
I bargained for about 10 minutes to get home for 50R. My rickshaw driver was so funny and kept asking me all of these hilarious questions about my life. When a very young driver passed us and I pointed out how fast he was going, my rickshaw driver decided to race him. We were flying down the street, swerving to avoid potholls and various animals along the way. He turned around when we got stuck in some traffic and asked "are you married?" I laughed and answered "no I am too young" in Hindi, which made him laugh. He goes "you marry me? We be nice couple, foreigner and Indian. Everyone look at me and say lucky man because you so beautiful". I politely refused the proposal, but he will be meeting me tomorrow morning to take me to work so I suppose if I reconsider I could bring it up with him and see if the offer still stands.
On Tuesday we were able to complete our interviews with the sixth and seventh graders. It was so wonderful to hear about their lives, and I am so grateful to Sanghamitra for translating for so many hours. Since Dolly-ji already wrote up information about their families we just wanted to talk to them more about their everyday life and aspirations for the future
Here are the questions we asked them. Most of them we would follow up with why questions etc.
- When did you come to Little Stars? And if it was late we would ask them about their previous school and how it compared.
- What is your favorite subject?
- What do you want to do after Little Stars?
- What do you do after school?
- Do you think it is important that children go to school, and why?
- If you had one wish for anything, what would it be?
Annie also took incredible pictures of the children and I am excited to finally put all of this together when I get home. Today I was able to teach my class and we reviewed the present tense. The kids are definitely improving at forming sentences and I have noticed that they know a lot more verbs and adjectives than they did a month ago.
I decided to venture to Godalia (the huge market) on my own after Little Stars today. I had the intention of buying some gifts (which I did do) but it ended up turning into a huge shopping trip. I rode over with a really nice man from Kentucky who is here doing a Buddhist retreat. I really enjoyed the opportunity to give him advice about the best restaurants and peaceful places in the city to journal. It is moments like those that I realize how amazing it is that I have found a rhythm in this chaotic city halfway across the world.
I bargained for about 10 minutes to get home for 50R. My rickshaw driver was so funny and kept asking me all of these hilarious questions about my life. When a very young driver passed us and I pointed out how fast he was going, my rickshaw driver decided to race him. We were flying down the street, swerving to avoid potholls and various animals along the way. He turned around when we got stuck in some traffic and asked "are you married?" I laughed and answered "no I am too young" in Hindi, which made him laugh. He goes "you marry me? We be nice couple, foreigner and Indian. Everyone look at me and say lucky man because you so beautiful". I politely refused the proposal, but he will be meeting me tomorrow morning to take me to work so I suppose if I reconsider I could bring it up with him and see if the offer still stands.
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