June 1, 2013
Today was Children’s Day,
and it was celebrated with a big festival/talent show at the school. All of the
teachers, students, as well as their mothers and grandmothers came (the only
men in attendance were the ones managing the sound system and the few men who
work at the school). Unfortunately, the battery in my point-n-shoot camera (the
one that takes video; my DSLR does not record video) was nearly dead, and it died pretty much immediately. Sadly, this meant I was unable
to record the absolute best act – a tiny, lime-green belly dancer who couldn’t
have been more than seven years old, but totally knew what she was doing, and
completely rocked her performance. (The two teenaged belly dancers who
performed later did not come anywhere close.) I wish I'd remembered to charge my point-n-shoot, as the still photos I took didn't do the event justice.
Students were given awards
for their performance during the school year, as well as for performing in the
talent show. We were all then given free ice cream cones, and with that the
festival was over.
(Also, I was able to
re-claim my things from my classroom, meaning that I will indeed be able to
plan lessons for Monday.)
Hi,
ReplyDeleteI came across your blog while looking for an English native speaker. I've been looking him/her for 2 months and so far no luck.
I am a Kyrgyz–American from Cambridge, MA. Came to Bishkek , set up a small language school to help low-income high school students with their English. I am going to teach them for free General and Academic English to prepare them for colleges and universities. I wonder if you know how to attract volunteers to my school .
My students and I would be very happy to find at least one native speaker – volunteer or paid one, or a suggestion how to find them.
Thank you,
Daisy
Hi Daisy -
ReplyDeleteI would suggest posting flyers at Fatboys, Metro, and Sierra Coffee. Those are cafes in Bishkek that are regularly frequented by the local expat community, and would be a good place to find potential volunteers/employees. I think you'd probably have better luck if you could provide some sort of salary/compensation. Good luck!