Robert F. Kennedy noted, "Few will have the greatness to bend history; but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total of all those acts will be written the history of this generation."
Today was a big day at school. Teaching went as usual with my co-teacher in the morning. We taught the sixth graders about phone numbers and taught the fifth grade about amount words like 'some, few, most, all.' For lunch we had coconut chicken soup, and a cucumber, egg, and pork dish. With rice of course.
After lunch we did part of a small hygiene project. Last week we had some of the health volunteers (remember the training I did for them in March?) come and teach the sixth graders about hand washing and tooth brushing . With lots of fun games too. And then they taught 4 sixth graders to be able to teach the rest of the school in a fun interactive way. So today the 6th graders presented and we gave all 349 students toothbrushes, two tubes of toothpaste. And we had 8 bars of soap for every classroom. This project was funded by a grant by the Friends or Thailand, a group for PCVs from Thailand who have finished service.
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| learning hand washing techniques |
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| the importance of teeth brushing |
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| look at my new toothpaste and tooth brush!! |
On Wednesday I'm accepting submissions for a poster contest about hygiene from the students. The winning poster will run in the provincial newspaper for a month. I can't wait to see the results. Oh, and for the rest of the week those 4 6th graders are going to other local schools to teach about general hygiene.
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| 6th graders with their health posters |
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| close up of a poster |
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