about to write again. i think my blog will become alot more boring now. im in a routine where i teach every weekday, and then have the weekend off. so other than teaching the kids, alot of socialising in the camp not much happens out of the ordinary for most of the week. im fine now after my hospital trip. also, i got an A in history, and two b's. if any of my friends could do me a favour, ask all my mates their results and email them to me because id love to know. also, you can all get international calling cards. they cost 5 pound and then you can talk to me for like `15 hours on it. ask louise for my number in india if you wanna get one. right, onto the updates.
18/8/2010 - ill go over this because i was halfway through the day last time i did it.woke up feeling better, hospital was a worthwhile trip. did ten green bottles and sentence with the kids today. its frustrating, they dont even really like us. they keep saying stuff like, 'this is my india, go to your england.' if only they could learn some other sentences. im only trying to bloody help them. some are sweet kids, but the language barrier is currently too big for any real progress. i always knew it would be slow and hard, but my group is determined. the girls are great teachers so in 5 weeks maybe theyll have got somewhere. went out into town as you know, got a torch a bucket etc. went to jhoda in the afternoon where iwork and just spent a couple of hours chatting to a family. there are goats everywhere in the deserty its quite funny. they just walk on the buildings. stayed up really late with 3/4 volunteers talking about all kinds of studenty rubbish. had a lot of fun!
19/8/2010 chilled out for hours. got a level results off louise. we both got ABB and im proud of both of us. it just feels a bit lonely out here because a levels to all these uni students arent a big deal so i feel a bit left out. thats noones fault though and i will be happy to see my results sheet when i get home. i hope you all did well students! been thinkin about home alot today.
20/8/2010 split the group of kids up, did loads of maths. most of us have a really bad cold now. its frustrating that were all so ill all the time but the conditions are just awful. i feel lucky that i dont have to endure it for ten weeks, you guys have it so good in englnad next time you poor water from a tap think of me as i have none! had a long chat with louise on the phone which made me sad, happy, stressed, and calm. but i do miss her alot, im starting to miss her, and everyone, and home. thats expected but it d9oesnt make it any easier. i think i will come back alot more grown up than i left
21/8/2010 today has been absolutely awesome. spent the day with 2 volunteers, we went round the massive fort in jaisalmer. saw amazing views, museums, got invited into loads of shops and homes. had lunch with about 20 other volunteers, then the three of us went on a big adventure in to the middle of nowhere and met loads more indians willing to tell us their tales and chat to us. tonight will consist of chilling out, more talking.
conclusion - im doing ok. 3 weeks are done after monday night. im pretty feverish but most of us are. im happy and occupied alot of the time but i feel ( as most of us do) were not having much of an impact whatsoever. it feels like we should be teaching the older children, the younger children need supervision, they dont even speak hindi properly yet. overall im taking as much of india in as i can. i hope everyones ok. thanks again for all the emails theyre keeping me going, love from james
James! It sounds like you're having such an experience out there! Like you say, it might be hard, but you'll come back such a different person because of it. Hope you're not too ill, the hospital trip sounds well scary! Hope you're getting through to the kids, the language barrier can't be easy at all. We all miss you, need a massive night out when you're back! Stay cool, love Rachel Crompton :) xx
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