Since I have been living and working in Moshana for more
than a year, I am definitely more comfortable but that also means that little
frustrations which I thought were funny and endearing I no longer see that way.
This week I worked with the standard 6 teachers and the guidance department to
put on a self esteem workshop for the standard 6 students. In order to put this
event together there were many hurdles however the one that makes for the best
story involves the hunt for the projector, which turned into a hunt for the key
to the filing cabinet it was stored in, and finally a hunt for a sharp object
to jimmy the cabinet open with. It was about the time that I was scanning the
school for anything flat and metal to open the cabinet with that I realized a
few months ago this would have been funny to me and just another part of my
adventure here. Now I see it as an unnecessary hoop I have to jump through to
get to my end goal (showing a power point). I can appreciate that I am growing here and do not need for
every frustration to be a laugh but I hope I can still see the humor in a
situation while still standing up for my needs.
I assume most people know that this week there were the
Mid-Term Elections in the States. Recently I have been watching copious amounts
of the TV show The West Wing and drinking the idealism juice that Aaron Sorkin
is putting out there. As a result of drinking the juice I was very excited for
elections and I hope people took their civic duty seriously to be informed and
vote. I will own up to the fact that I did not submit my absentee ballot and
hang my head in shame. Although I can promise I will be voting next time
around.
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