The day has finally come for me to visit an elementary school in the UK, and man was it an experience!!
The school that I went to was called Chaucer Elementary and I got to see the 2nd and 3rd grade! The kids were adorable running around in their little uniforms and ties. In the second grade classroom the teacher set up a "hot seat" session with me and kids. I pretty much sit in a chair in the middle of their carpet area as they sat all around me and asked me questions about America and what it's like there. One boy, Jai, was particularly funny. He sat with me and hugged me all day asking me what language I spoke.
Me: "Well I speak English, that's how we can talk to each other right now."
Jai: "Noooo you don't! You sound funny!"
Kids wondered about American Football and were amazed that the kids in the US have school buses to take them to school (because they don't have that here). Overall it was an incredible experience today. The schooling is very different yet very similar to the US. Tomorrow I get to go back to Chaucer Elementary to see their end of the year school play. They sang songs all day and practiced for it. One major weird thing was that they had a school prayer in the morning assembly. They prayed to God and thanked all of the sporting coaches-i.e. for Wimbleton and Soccer. Very different from the US, but an incredibly awesome experience!!
After coming home from the elementary school I was pooped and fell asleep in my dorm room for an hour. After that I went to a restaurant called "Pizzarelli" and ordered a super good fetuccini Alfredo w/ mushrooms. Yum!
I just put a load of laundry in at the dorms and that was an experience in itself. The machine temperatures for the water are all in Celsius and the machines only take pounds. It's culture shock everywhere you go, even if it's the laundry room!
Anyways, it was a really fun day and tomorrow should be the same!! There's a big 80's prom party this Friday so everyone is buying outfits for that. Apparently its at a restaurant on the water and should be a BLAST! I'll definitely post pictures from that on here! I'll also post my finished project on tombstoning! I hope you all like it, I worked really hard on it and I even interviewed people around Plymouth for it. I'd like to hear what you all think!
Until tomorrow..
Cheers!
Tara
The school that I went to was called Chaucer Elementary and I got to see the 2nd and 3rd grade! The kids were adorable running around in their little uniforms and ties. In the second grade classroom the teacher set up a "hot seat" session with me and kids. I pretty much sit in a chair in the middle of their carpet area as they sat all around me and asked me questions about America and what it's like there. One boy, Jai, was particularly funny. He sat with me and hugged me all day asking me what language I spoke.
Me: "Well I speak English, that's how we can talk to each other right now."
Jai: "Noooo you don't! You sound funny!"
Kids wondered about American Football and were amazed that the kids in the US have school buses to take them to school (because they don't have that here). Overall it was an incredible experience today. The schooling is very different yet very similar to the US. Tomorrow I get to go back to Chaucer Elementary to see their end of the year school play. They sang songs all day and practiced for it. One major weird thing was that they had a school prayer in the morning assembly. They prayed to God and thanked all of the sporting coaches-i.e. for Wimbleton and Soccer. Very different from the US, but an incredibly awesome experience!!
After coming home from the elementary school I was pooped and fell asleep in my dorm room for an hour. After that I went to a restaurant called "Pizzarelli" and ordered a super good fetuccini Alfredo w/ mushrooms. Yum!
I just put a load of laundry in at the dorms and that was an experience in itself. The machine temperatures for the water are all in Celsius and the machines only take pounds. It's culture shock everywhere you go, even if it's the laundry room!
Anyways, it was a really fun day and tomorrow should be the same!! There's a big 80's prom party this Friday so everyone is buying outfits for that. Apparently its at a restaurant on the water and should be a BLAST! I'll definitely post pictures from that on here! I'll also post my finished project on tombstoning! I hope you all like it, I worked really hard on it and I even interviewed people around Plymouth for it. I'd like to hear what you all think!
Until tomorrow..
Cheers!
Tara
1 comment:
Excellent blog Tara. Loved the video's as well as the interviews w/parents. A very gutsy culture indeed. And I have to agree that jumping off cliffs and bridges is a better alternative to smoking dope. dad.
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