Finally, I ended the program by showing a film about how the popular Amharic band Yegna began. This part was fun because a lot of my students sang and danced along to the familiar songs. We talked about how all four of the girls in Yegna overcame difficult challenges in order to receive their current success, how these young women were persistent in their efforts to achieve their dreams, and the important role that friendship played in how they were able to remain so determined.
Her name is Tutiila two-tea-la; I call her Tutii, for short and she is my adorable new puppy. My obtainment of her was completely spontaneous. In fact, I had been pondering the idea of acquiring a kitten. But alas, another vulnerable animal needed my attention. I was walking home from the bus station after being in Hawassa for our regional Female Empowerment meeting, when I witnessed an old woman haphazardly transporting Tutiila via a rope.
It was fastened tightly around her neck and the lady had her suspended a few inches off the ground. As you might expect, poor Tutii was helplessly crying for attention, as she was in obvious pain. I immediately took pity on her and ran over to her and the lady. When she laughed and said no, I told her I would take her, jumping at the chance to help in a situation to which I had given no prior thought to its implications. Read: puppies are a Lot of work! It has only been eleven days since the newest addition to my family has moved in, but wow, I have to admit that I had no idea what I was getting myself into.
About fifteen minutes after I got home and put my things down, the repercussions of the impulsiveness of the acquisition of my pup began to sink in… the poor thing was covered in fleas, filthy, terrified, and malnourished. I had agreed to save this meager creature without having really any knowledge of how to do it. My instinctual solution?
By this time I had also texted a few other PCVs who I thought might have some tips, and shortly after carried my pup home. She refused to sleep in the makeshift bed I made for her by putting one of my spare blankets in a plastic bucket, and, as you may have imagined, the softie in me gave in to her pathetic pouting and eventually let her sleep in my bed with me. I also ask the butcher to throw in some bones- I use an ax to break them up into little pieces and them boil them in the stew water.
I also either buy her a little fresh milk or cook her an egg each morning. Part of my job here is to expose the people in my community to different ideas and ways of thinking; simply by having a dog that is allowed to come inside, I am making a statement.
Add buying her special food rather than only giving scraps, picking her up and carrying her, petting, and simply loving her to the pile and you have one extremely different and memorable example of a novel culture. Coming back full circle, she is an exceptionally happy and loving dog who makes all of the added chores I now have to do for her worth it.
I took some time to reflect and put things into perspective, so here is a modified and more positive version.. I cracked. That being said, after countless tears and a few log runs and visits with other PCVs, I reevaluated. I thought about all of the people I would miss and never see again; I thought about my students.
I pictured their faces and thought about how happy they are when they greet me on the streets or whenever we have school for the first time after breaks. Similarly, I forced myself to remember that even though I disagree with a lot of the way things are done here, my job is not to change it. Well, to a degree— in some cases I try to plant some seeds, but overall it is more important that I focus on what my students need and assimilating into the culture in order to best help them.
I am the one who is living in a different country, so I am the one who needs to be flexible and adapt. Thanks, Sis- that such a great idea! As a first year teacher, I definitely have a lot of room to grow. As for now, I am on a break from school until October.
I celebrated the beginning of my summer break by exploring my town and the surrounding areas on horseback—it was simply gorgeous! Besides loving the views and wildlife, I thoroughly enjoyed meeting up with some other foreigners at the lodge- besides our Ethiopian guides, countries represented were the Netherlands, Germany, and England.
It was really neat to exchange traveling stories with such a diverse group of individuals. I should also probably mention that it down-poured a few hours before we reached the lodge, so huddling around the fire with some hot tea and, after we thawed, cold beers was a perfect ending to a perfect day! Girls Leading Our World. And to any of my Whippoorwill friends who may be reading this, I am going to be sharing some of my favorites from the best camp in Nashville- you can bet the Princess Pat, MILK, and the Juicy Moose made the list!
After attending a Project Design and Management training with my counterpart, we decided that speaking is both the most important and most lacking English skill with most of our students, so we decided to target that this summer.
For two weeks, we will meet for a few hours every morning and practice speaking and listening skills. Ideally, having this intensive program for the middle students will raise the class averages overall next semester, hopefully igniting the idea to pay attention to more than just the students in the first row to more teachers at our school.
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