Term break!

Yay! Term 2 is over. Only one to go. It seems somewhat surreal that I will be leaving here in about 3 months. Time flies...

On the last two days of school we had the 'Memory Verse Prize', which is a reward for all the kids who memorise and recite all their memory verses for the term. This term it was a day walking through a local National Park. Thursday was grades 5-9 and Friday was grades K-4. Grades 10-12 all had exams this week, so they couldn't come.

Unfortunately, quite a few of the students on the Thursday trip didn't quite make it there. The bus they were travelling in (driven by a local) was involved in a minor accident. Thankfully nobody was seriously injured. Apparently the bus was travelling behind another car, which stopped suddenly at a bridge to let a truck by. The bus had too much momentum to stop, so the driver swerved around the car, only to clip the other vehicle on the front corner. The other car lost control and tipped off the side of the road. Thankfully, it was only occupied by the driver, who was ok. The driver of our bus, however, decided that sticking around was a bad idea and headed for the hills.

After the event, quite a few of the kids just came home, although several continued on to the park. High drama all around!

The next day's trip (which I was on) was much more pleasant and much less stressful. I and another leader were with 6 fourth-grade boys and we hiked out about 10km to a nice little waterfall. A fun day out, all said. And no car accidents.

Well, I've got to get back to avoiding my grading. Until next time...

Blogging in Addis

After a long period of neglect, I have finally uploaded (and post-dated) my newsletters since last April. Some of them are quite long, so you could be in for a bit of a sit-down-session if you read them all. Also, you can now subscribe to this blog with your favourite RSS or Atom reader. Exciting!

In more recent news, we are in our last week of term here at Bingham. This holiday I am planning on doing nothing much, just for a change of pace. Other than grading and report writing, that is. A teacher's job is never done...