Ok, I have absolutely no idea what the Nepali teacher's name is, at least 
I have no idea how to spell it but the very nice Nepali teacher at Saraswoti invited us to his house. This was actually a while ago but 1) the internet really hates me in Nepal (and so don't feel offended if it takes a while to send emails, I write them and then they don't send) and 2) the anniversary happened and so I wrote about that last time.
The first time I went must have been about a week and a half ago maximum, but it seems like a very long time ago. He walks back the same route as us from Saraswoti an
d once just invited me to his house, completely out of the blue. We had been told in the orientation course to expect this though, it's just a different culture. He has three grandchildren; Nitya (7), Subam (4) and Ankeet (19months). When first told the names I pronounced Nitya's wrong, and was very quickly corrected in a very severe tone by her. They are lovely kids and very enthusiastic. The Nepali teacher's wife is also the most welcoming person in the world, and immediately treated me as though she had known me for years. I got given food and tea (of course) and it's amazing how welcoming they all are, I think the children were also quite excited because one of the strange white people who wonders around Gorkha had come to their house!
I was also invited again yesterday. The children were slighly more used to me this time. I also had my bag which contained my stamper pens. This meant that when
I left Nitya and Subam looked a little like they had chicken pox, much to their enjoyment. I also hadn't quite escaped. They also had great fun with my camera, and I managed to get some really nice photos of them. Hopefully I may be able to print out some photos to give to the Nepali teacher as I think he would really appreciate having a photo of his family. It also turns out that 'clap songs' are common all over the world, and Nitya was showing me some. I then taught her Baa Baa Black Sheep as I couldn't remember any of the ones that we used in England. She seemed quite pleased though.
At school the grade 10s (oldest year at Saraswoti) have exams at the moment. This means that school has been a little bit unpredictable in the past week. On Tuesday we had a half day, but they are now sending one year home early each day so they have enough classrooms. Exams here aren't quite the same as England. The teachers are allowed to talk to the students during the exams, but this is to clarify questions. We saw an exam paper and it's very much necessary. It was the English paper and a lot of the grammar was wrong and there were also a lot of spelling mistakes. The passmark is also very low but the questions are often ambigious so it's understandable. As Saraswoti is an English medium school they are all expected to pass the English exam, but all their other exams are also in English which must be very difficult for them. However, as all their lessons are in English I would guess they are used to it.
I hope everyone is well back home and feel free to post comments if possible, I don't know how easy it is...
I have no idea how to spell it but the very nice Nepali teacher at Saraswoti invited us to his house. This was actually a while ago but 1) the internet really hates me in Nepal (and so don't feel offended if it takes a while to send emails, I write them and then they don't send) and 2) the anniversary happened and so I wrote about that last time.The first time I went must have been about a week and a half ago maximum, but it seems like a very long time ago. He walks back the same route as us from Saraswoti an
d once just invited me to his house, completely out of the blue. We had been told in the orientation course to expect this though, it's just a different culture. He has three grandchildren; Nitya (7), Subam (4) and Ankeet (19months). When first told the names I pronounced Nitya's wrong, and was very quickly corrected in a very severe tone by her. They are lovely kids and very enthusiastic. The Nepali teacher's wife is also the most welcoming person in the world, and immediately treated me as though she had known me for years. I got given food and tea (of course) and it's amazing how welcoming they all are, I think the children were also quite excited because one of the strange white people who wonders around Gorkha had come to their house!I was also invited again yesterday. The children were slighly more used to me this time. I also had my bag which contained my stamper pens. This meant that when
I left Nitya and Subam looked a little like they had chicken pox, much to their enjoyment. I also hadn't quite escaped. They also had great fun with my camera, and I managed to get some really nice photos of them. Hopefully I may be able to print out some photos to give to the Nepali teacher as I think he would really appreciate having a photo of his family. It also turns out that 'clap songs' are common all over the world, and Nitya was showing me some. I then taught her Baa Baa Black Sheep as I couldn't remember any of the ones that we used in England. She seemed quite pleased though.At school the grade 10s (oldest year at Saraswoti) have exams at the moment. This means that school has been a little bit unpredictable in the past week. On Tuesday we had a half day, but they are now sending one year home early each day so they have enough classrooms. Exams here aren't quite the same as England. The teachers are allowed to talk to the students during the exams, but this is to clarify questions. We saw an exam paper and it's very much necessary. It was the English paper and a lot of the grammar was wrong and there were also a lot of spelling mistakes. The passmark is also very low but the questions are often ambigious so it's understandable. As Saraswoti is an English medium school they are all expected to pass the English exam, but all their other exams are also in English which must be very difficult for them. However, as all their lessons are in English I would guess they are used to it.
I hope everyone is well back home and feel free to post comments if possible, I don't know how easy it is...
Try... 'a sailor went to sea sea sea, to see what he could see see see, but all that he could see see see, was the bottom of the deep blue sea sea sea.' Do you remember Caroline teaching us that? Emma xx
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