When googling top fears, public speaking is ranked #13 in the article that first pops up, right between the fear of being alone, and the fear of death. It is a strange thing to be hot all over, having left the stage shaking, feeling like I stumbled over my words more than I’d cared to, only to be told my multiple people how confident and … Continue reading Lucky #13
This past term I got to participate in something REALLY COOL. The choir director at RVA and one of the Dr.’s from the Kijabe hospital put together a community choir! Saturday after Saturday, they were up and at ’em by 8:00am- practicing at the church across the street. Ten rehearsals offered, five required to be part of the performances, we practiced and practiced Handel’s Hallelujah … Continue reading Hallelujah!
If you read many of my posts, you know about the sponsoring program. If you don’t, essentially it’s a program designed to provide work experience and opportunity for our students that can’t just go out and get a job at Mc Donalds for the summer. Each year the students are here, there is a different main event they complete with their sponsors. In seventh grade, … Continue reading Kung-Fu-Pandamonium
Mid-Term. It is what it sounds like… the middle of the term, and we have arrived! It’s a four-day weekend where the dorms clear out, the students are off loaded onto their parents or guardians for a weekend of rest for the students and staff alike. Ironically, this supposed to be rest time always seems to be a party! People take the time to go … Continue reading LONGonot
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in a fairy-tale? If you enjoy reading a good fantasy book like me, you have! Just over a week ago, my AP Chemistry lecture was stopped mid-sentence when the world outside turned into one. I was confused at first, wondering why it was snowing at almost 70 degrees outside, ogling the fluffy white things … Continue reading Fairy Tales
“What if we left at 8 ‘o clock and tried to be back by noon?” The text came through as an alternate plan when my friend realized she’d double booked. Today my parents are spending the day in Nairobi then dropping off the friends who have been with us the past week or so at the airport before returning here. Instead of going with them, … Continue reading Mike-In-Shining-Armor
“I don’t know why I’m SO nervous!” I explained, “I’ve literally stood in front of many of you hundreds of times… Do you know this will be my 5th subject I’ve taught W?” I was rambling. I do that sometimes when standing in front of a class full of students. Today was worse than normal. L interjected with what she thought was a clever pun, … Continue reading To Infinity… and Beyond!
“Is it possible to get a roommate?” I asked my coach, over two and a half years ago as I prepared to move to RVA. “They don’t really do that…” was the response I got. Apprehensively, I resigned myself to living alone, and yet, anyone who knows me knows I love being around people! And so, over the past few months, I’ve slowly been increasing … Continue reading Revolving Door
RRRRRRIIIIINNNGGGGGG. First period passed in a haze, the fog of my brain barely lifted from the cold meds I’d taken the night before. I dropped off a note and a couple cookies in our mail system for one of my students. Our third year mentoring together, today was a big day for my student P. From the UK, today was her “GSCE” math exam . … Continue reading By the Bell
Having known these students for over two years in the academic classroom, and outside the classroom in a boarding school context, I am confident they will be an asset to any community they join on the merit of their… … strong intellectual fortitude and heart for those around her: Persistent in frustration, I did not let her emotions get in the way of pressing for … Continue reading To Whom it May Concern,
Faithful Footsteps 