Speech Day

Today I had a fantastic class. The kids listened, and actually learned what I taught. I started off by asking them what they wanted to review. They really responded well to that, and when we did the review I actually made sense and didn't confuse the hell out of them. So since I was in a good mood I decided to teach them the song "Every Time We Touch," and they really had a good time banging on the desks. It was absolutely hilarious, and I was rejuvenated after the terrible class I had yesterday.
With review being the only thing standing between us and exams, we have started on another focus, Speech Day. It set for one of the last days of school, and the kids sing songs, do dances, and anything else aimed at entertaining their parents. The headmaster wanted me to teach them a song, so I decided to go with the school theme and not my totally irrelevant songs. I resolved to make up some really corny lyrics about working hard and being promoted to P.7 to the tune of "Sweet Caroline." Although the children enjoyed the theatrics, it was a disaster, and I had to scrap it. After breaking the news to the headmaster he said, "OK, well then teach them to use the computer so we can show their parents." I picked six of the smartest kids for the Speech Day demonstration, but it has been very hard trying to teach them on one computer when the power has been out the past two days. I am really hoping the power goes out on speech day so the plan is destroyed, and I have no part in the big day.
Thanksgiving is coinciding with the national CHOGM holiday, and I have Thursday and Friday off. Today I met with the kids at Holy Cross, and told them about Turkey Bowl Uganda 2007, and to start vamping up the competition we created the teams, and we are going to have team practices tomorrow. The team names they came up with were the "Young Guns" and "Superboys." As I left this evening they were already chanting their team names so the emotional aspect seems to be set, but the organization as always is doomed. The game will be at 10AM Uganda time (1AM EST). It looks to last until anywhere between 10:01 and 11:00. After that I am heading to Kampala where we are having Thanksgiving dinner, and on Friday morning a group of us will continue west for the holiday weekend.