It’s the beginning of our last week here. We set the alarm
to 8, hoping that we might get a few more minutes of sleep, but our brains,
being so used to waking up at 7:45, woke us up anyways. Breakfast was a little
late, because Rani was locked out until we decided to check out what the
banging on the door was. It didn't matter so much today, because we were going to Christ King, which we don't leave to until 10:15 anyways, so we had lots of time to spare.
Today was quite hectic for the first class...Standard 5. We spent the first half of the class trying to record "Green Eggs and Ham". (Video will hopefully be viewable tomorrow.) The girls were listening quite well and doing their lines. The boys were a different story, especially since the teacher wasn't in the room for more than half of the time. They would not listen to anything that was said. Finally, LuRue shouted, "Simon says, 'stand up'. Simon says, 'sit down', Simon says, 'be quiet." So that got their attention. We get the shots needed although it's not the best video. Actor cooperation is a very important part, that we did not get today. Standard 4 was much more cooperative, but the teacher was there the whole class, so who knows what they'd be like without the teacher.
The rest of the classes were spent doing anything we could think of including songs, charades, mystery box, and hangman. Today made us realize how glad we were tomorrow is our last day at Christ King.
LuRue spent the afternoon napping, which was probably a good idea, because unknowingly, they would be staying up the latest yet trying to get stuff done. Montana spent the afternoon editing "Green Eggs and Ham".
At four, Sheeba took us to a shop that's just across the road, down an ally, up a path, across another road and hiding behind some branches to get some new crafts for SEAM tonight. We went to the tailor to get LuRue's new Churidar, then off to SEAM. We got to SEAM earlier than usual, so the kids were just finishing up their chores when we got there.
Tonight, it was organized so that two boys would do crafts with us for a half an hour, then they would leave and we would get new boys to work with. Senthil, one of the first boys we worked with started drawing. We were shocked to see a beautifully drawn Dora the Explorer, just based on sight. He is a true artist.
We had to leave early from SEAM to go to the movie Yennai Arindhall (Understanding Myself) at a movie theatre that was in the Chandra Metro Mall. That was a culture shock in itself. First of all, we had to go through security to even get into the mall, then we went up a few flights of escalators to get to the theatre. Sheeba seemed very concerned about us using the escalators, probably because it's not very common around India. We had to go through another security gate to get to the theatre.
When we finally got into the theatre, it was not at all what we expected. It was gigantic with comfortable reclining chairs (reserved seating!) and speakers all over the place. Much more fancy than even an American movie theatre. There were no "turn your cellphone off" notices before the movie started, but surprisingly, not many people around us were on their phones. Just one guy, before the movie started, was playing Bejeweled, but he put his away when the movie started.
A few guys sitting next to us started shouting and cheering when the movie started. Apparently this movie is a big deal, it would be even bigger than a Chuck Noris film coming out in the US. The movie was a big shoot 'em up type film, which was shocking, because there were little kids there. We understood some words that were spoken, but only the ones spoken in English. LuRue understood what was going on, but only because Sheeba had told them the plot before hand. Montana didn't have a clue what was going on, but usually in shoot 'em up movies that doesn't matter anyways. There was a 20-minute intermission so that people could go back to the concession stand. We got back to guest house close to 11. A nice ending to a long day.
Today was quite hectic for the first class...Standard 5. We spent the first half of the class trying to record "Green Eggs and Ham". (Video will hopefully be viewable tomorrow.) The girls were listening quite well and doing their lines. The boys were a different story, especially since the teacher wasn't in the room for more than half of the time. They would not listen to anything that was said. Finally, LuRue shouted, "Simon says, 'stand up'. Simon says, 'sit down', Simon says, 'be quiet." So that got their attention. We get the shots needed although it's not the best video. Actor cooperation is a very important part, that we did not get today. Standard 4 was much more cooperative, but the teacher was there the whole class, so who knows what they'd be like without the teacher.The rest of the classes were spent doing anything we could think of including songs, charades, mystery box, and hangman. Today made us realize how glad we were tomorrow is our last day at Christ King.LuRue spent the afternoon napping, which was probably a good idea, because unknowingly, they would be staying up the latest yet trying to get stuff done. Montana spent the afternoon editing "Green Eggs and Ham".
At four, Sheeba took us to a shop that's just across the road, down an ally, up a path, across another road and hiding behind some branches to get some new crafts for SEAM tonight. We went to the tailor to get LuRue's new Churidar, then off to SEAM. We got to SEAM earlier than usual, so the kids were just finishing up their chores when we got there.
Tonight, it was organized so that two boys would do crafts with us for a half an hour, then they would leave and we would get new boys to work with. Senthil, one of the first boys we worked with started drawing. We were shocked to see a beautifully drawn Dora the Explorer, just based on sight. He is a true artist.
We had to leave early from SEAM to go to the movie Yennai Arindhall (Understanding Myself) at a movie theatre that was in the Chandra Metro Mall. That was a culture shock in itself. First of all, we had to go through security to even get into the mall, then we went up a few flights of escalators to get to the theatre. Sheeba seemed very concerned about us using the escalators, probably because it's not very common around India. We had to go through another security gate to get to the theatre.
When we finally got into the theatre, it was not at all what we expected. It was gigantic with comfortable reclining chairs (reserved seating!) and speakers all over the place. Much more fancy than even an American movie theatre. There were no "turn your cellphone off" notices before the movie started, but surprisingly, not many people around us were on their phones. Just one guy, before the movie started, was playing Bejeweled, but he put his away when the movie started.
A few guys sitting next to us started shouting and cheering when the movie started. Apparently this movie is a big deal, it would be even bigger than a Chuck Noris film coming out in the US. The movie was a big shoot 'em up type film, which was shocking, because there were little kids there. We understood some words that were spoken, but only the ones spoken in English. LuRue understood what was going on, but only because Sheeba had told them the plot before hand. Montana didn't have a clue what was going on, but usually in shoot 'em up movies that doesn't matter anyways. There was a 20-minute intermission so that people could go back to the concession stand. We got back to guest house close to 11. A nice ending to a long day.
watched "Yennai Arindhaal Official Trailer | Ajith, Gautham Menon, Harris Jayaraj, Trisha, Anushka” not sure if it is even related to what you all watched but interesting anyway! Afraid I’m with Montana as to what was going on—probably not the same movie anyway.
ReplyDeleteI so admire all of the hard work, creativity, devotion and energy you two have put into all of your teaching