The Excitment
Tanzania has completely fulfilled
and exceeded my expectations.
To start, the driving is one of the
craziest things ever here. They drive on
the other side of the road and I always have to second glace because I think
that we are driving at the oncoming traffic, and I feel like we’re going to
crash. When we walked on the side of the road people would stare at us with
wonder in their eyes like they have never seen a white person before. When we
smiled at them they would half smile at you and still stare at you with amazement.
The market is another crazy place. We went there with Rasta Jon who is now one
of the funniest people I know. I would
walk into a store and right away the owner would come up and try to sell me a
million things at once. Then the second I stepped out of the store people would
be grabbing my arm pulling me into their store trying to sell me more things.
After a while of going in and out of stores I just started making the excuse
that I had no money and had to catch up with my group.
The
kids absolutely love us. We got to the school and were introduced to all the
students and they were all so excited to see us. I know this because when I
walked into prep class the kids ran up screaming and gave me a huge hug. Once they sat down they kept looking back at
me with huge smiles on their face. I probably had the most fun ever grading
papers today. The kids who are around 6 years old would come up with their book
and not even look if I’m marking their problems right or wrong- they would just
stare at me. When it was time to play the kids would be all over me grabbing my
shirt and watch; there was a kid holding my hand constantly. When I sat down
outside the kids would run their hands through my hair and call it butter but I
don’t think my hair looks or feels like butter. The kids are amazing and they
could find anything and make a game out of it. They would sing and clap and had
a smile on their face like it’s the most exciting moment of their life. One of
the girls that I loved was Angel. She is one of the cutest girls ever. She
could come to the back of the class and just stand there and look at me while I
was grading papers; it was so cute. Whenever we went out of the class she would
be there holding my hand. She would look at me and smile, and it was so cute
that no matter what, I always had to smile back. The prep teachers are Diana and
Happiness. They were very nice unless a kid got out of hand or got a problem
more than twice, if the kid did than the teacher would either smack their hand
with a ruler or hit them across the face with pencil. It was really hard to
watch sometimes especially if the kid was already crying.
Our residence
is really awesome. The backyard is huge, full of luscious, green plants, and is
one of the most beautiful things I have seen. So far Tanzania is amazing.
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