Good news! I delayed my flight to August 11th because I am just having too much fun here. I am learning so much every single day and now that school is done, I will have time to explore Lebanon (and possibly Syria…more details later!) and see my relatives.
Saturday and Sunday of last week I spent with my aunt Alia and her kids. I got home late Sunday night and was full of energy so I went crazy with my last 3 days of lesson plans. I could not believe that I only had one week left with the kids (I didn’t know I was going to change my flight until last night).
Monday was tiring for me. I didn’t sleep very well the night before because the electricity cut off at midnight. My uncle also has ishtirak, which is like a backup generator, but it can’t support too much power. So if we turn on the air conditioner in Mariam’s room, where we both sleep, the entire system fails and we get no power. It was especially hot Sunday night so I could not fall asleep until around 3.
At school, I got to know Madame Marlene, the French teacher at the summer school. She is originally Palestinian whose ancestors fled Palestine in 1948. We talked a bit and then I somehow convinced her to come camping with us this Thursday and Friday.
Before I got on the autocar (van) Monday morning, I stopped by the dukkane, the small shop to buy the kids a treat. I bought two packages of chocolate biscuits, kind of like Oreos. I got to school and started handing them out in class and they were 1) Surprised that they were allowed to eat in class…and of all people, their own teacher was permitting it, and 2) Extremely shy to take any, but 3) At the same time, very, very eager to eat something special. When they found out that the packages cost me 2,000 Lebanese Liras (about $1.25), they flipped out and immediately felt ashamed that I spent that much on a little snack for them.
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