Dakar on the roof of the WEC guesthouse.
Half a term has passed but it seems like more. It's been lots of fun and
lots of changes. I feel like I've been really busy so far this term. The
new job definitely has a higher workload at the moment and it's been
taking its toll recently.
It's been great today to be able to relax here in Dakar and do very
little. We went out to the supermarket this morning, the most European
part of Senegal, a moderately sized supermarket with air conditioning
recently rebranded under the French chain 'Casino'. The rest of the day
I've been reading and using the Internet.
Work's been going fairly well recently and I'm feeling on top of things
as far as the preparation goes although I'm aware of many areas in which
I need to improve in the classroom. I had a meeting with Bob & Dee the
other day, the school coordinators, to check up on how things are going.
Bob's my teaching mentor and he came in to observe me during period two
yesterday. Rather amusingly I had booked the school video room for the
wrong day thinking that it must be Friday seeing as it as the last day
of school for the week and there was another class already in there when
we trooped off half way through the lesson to watch something.
It's just a small group of us in Dakar this time round. Adam, Jaclyn and
Tracey are here with me. Adam and Jaclyn are spending most of their time
wedding planning online and Tracey is similarly making the most of the
ADSL with hours of skype and chat to friends and family.
We're going out for some food in a minute so I should probably pack up
and get ready. I uploaded some photos last night and will be putting out
my next monthly update in the next few days: http://andrewdavies.ls26.org.uk
Hopefully I'll find more time and inspiration for blogging in the coming
weeks after the recent lull.
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