Today we completed the second day of teaching in Madurai. We taught at the UC Higher Secondary School, for a 9th grade class, followed by the boyscouts from the same school. The boyscouts were mostly from rural areas, that are very close to lakes and rivers, so the water safety program was especially helpful for them since they are around water daily. We taught them in the park (complete with a ferris wheel) next to the Gandhi Museum, the boyscouts caught on really fast, and asked very good questions at the end of our lesson. When the lesson was over, and after a long picture or "snap" taking session, they acted as our personal tour guides in the Gandhi Musem, where we saw Gandhi's glasses or "specs" and the blood stained clothes he was wearing when he was assasinated.
Yesterday we taught a 5th grade class of 100 boys and girls at the YWCA Nursery and Primary School. We taught them the water safety program in the morning, and in the afternoon, each of the 100 students were able to pracitce the skills we taught.
We are all loving the teaching experience and are continuously impressed with the bright students we are teaching.
On a side note, at lunch the other day we met a family from Santa Barbara, California, they are in India for months with four boys under the age of 10! It was great meeting people who are close to home, and it's nice to have friendly faces we run into almost daily.
Pictures are on the way!
Love from Madurai,
Kaitlin, Caitlin, Carley, Jesse, Bela and Betheny
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