This is the most organization that there was in the water balloon toss. People were scattered all over the place and wouldn't back up. Or one partner would back up and the other would step closer. "You have to back up." "But then it's too far." "That's the point."
Pastor Tom with two tenth grade guys - Samuel and Waheed.
Tug-of-War: As soon as the rope was even in sight, kids ran at it and just started pulling from both directions. haha. We brought in some order though. However, some students joined the junior class so that they defeated the seniors, so the juniors didn't win that competition... and they were lame and didn't do anything else that day. This picture is of the senior class pulling the rope.
One of the events was the donkey cart push. Whichever class could push the donkey cart around this square field the fastest won the event. It was quite a mess. Some never learned to steer, which was a good thing they did it backwards so that the poor driver didn't get run over. The senior class was really systematic and did an amazing job. This is a picture of the ESL class. This was a hilarious event to watch.
We took a trip to Dream Park, which is an amusement park near Cairo. I had been getting to tired of being the bad guy. It had been wearing on me always having to reprimand and get people in trouble. I want to have fun with my students, but I can't until their behavior is under control. So this trip came at a perfect time--because I could walk around and go on rides with them. Most of them have never been to an amusement park before, so it was all new. They call the rides "games."
"Ya miss, how many games did you play?"
Translation: How many rides did you go on?
They also use the word "dangerous" instead of scary, which does make a difference. haha.
There was one ride that a group of us went on. It was a little scary because it went up really high and swung back down several times. But I liked it, and I laughed while we were on it. Antony, one of the senior guys that I was beside, was in complete shock. He said, "Maybe I only know Egyptian girls, but I don't understand why you would ever laugh on that ride." Abanoub is a ninth grader, and he was sitting next to Jordan. Apparently his eyes were tightly shut and he was whimpering the whole time. haha. So much for these macho guys.
This is a group of students on the bus on our way.
Mtha is the son of Nyasha and Felly, an absolutely wonderful couple from Zimbabwe who work at the school. He's my little friend. He has trouble saying his r's, so he calls me "Sa'a." "Sa'a! What doing?!" He's so cute...
Wasseem and Jordan
I couldn't help but take a picture of these guys...
Saeda and Naama on this spinning pineapple ride. (Oh my goodness... their accents are in my subconscious mind. I wrote "pineabble" and then changed it...) They were so cute. I took a video. Saeda is laughing but also kind of scared, and Naama is whimpering and buried in Saeda's side.
Christine, Marina, me, Saeda, Naama, and Jackline
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