I came back with a plan
I succeeded
Made the kids put on mini "plays" for me
Scenario one:
mom/dad/son/son's girlfriend . . . mom and dad are nepali, son's girlfriend is AMERICAN!! i each gave them one line to say, and the rest they had to some up with on their own
Dad: "How can you marry a girl who is not a hindu!"
Mom: "This girl cannot even cook a proper curry" (i know this sounds so aweful and sexist, but trust me, it was TOTALLY normal and okay)
Son: " It doesnt matter where she is from or what she looks like, I love her"
Son's girlfriend: "I dont care what you guys say i am staying with your son"
These were age 10-13 boys/girls, it was hysterical
In one class, the boy said to his girlfriend "I am siding with my parents i am dumping you" and went and hugged his father, this may not seem so hysterical to read, but let me assure you, it was the last thing i was expecting!
Scenario two: Two backpacking guides, two tourist friends
Backpacking guide 1: "this is the best trek we offer, that's the reason it is so expensive"
Guide 2: "if you want a cheaper trek you can sleep in a cardboard box in the woods"
Friend 1: I cannot afford this trek, i have three hungry children at home (always caused a roaring laughter from the rest of the class audience.
Friend 2: Will the trek be cheaper if we only take one guide?
Nothing too ridiculous happened in this one
Scenario 3: car accident, driver, cyclist, bystander, and policeman.
driver: You ran straight into my car
cyclist: "my leg is broken, i am a runner, this is going to ruin my career" (to which one kid started hopping around)
Bystander: I saw the whole thing, it was the driver's fault
Policeman/woman: i suggest you solve this in 5 minuets or i am taking you all to jail
the compromise between the driver and cyclist always involed one gicving the other money . . . one class the girl said she had no money, to which the cyclist boy replied
"if you dont pay me my 5000 rupees i am going to fight you" . . . and they proceeded to wrestle . . . im some great sub huh?
Subash:
its really easy to assume he doesnt know what your saying, because his english isnt that great, but he is secretly a mastermind
Last night he slept only in his underwear and wouldnt tell anyone why, me thinking he was just being a cute silly kid said ehh whatever . . . the next morning, when i mentioned this to rajendra, he immediately said "yea you told him that you were never washing his pee clothes ever again yesterday" (i have been washing his cvlothes a few times because if i dont do it, they sit there and he has no clean clothes to change into the next night. I TOTALLY didnt connect the dots. . . at all. . . because i just figured that when i told him that he didn't really understand
color festival tomorrow, trek coming soon, excited!
oh and photos from a while ago are up on facebook, getting more up soon
Friday, February 26, 2010
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Congratulations!you've been successful in turning around two difficult situations: School & Subash. If You didn't read my suggestions re: Curry & School do so just in case you need further reinforcement to correct Subash's problem. The north Atlantic states got hit hard again with more SNOW. In Bergen County we piled up another 15 to 18 inches of wet heavy snow from Thursday night through Saturday morning. We're getting lots of snow removal exercise. It's hard to believe you've been away one month. Continue to grow and have a good time.
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haha The first scenario reminds me of bend it like beckham- "She can't even cook an aloo gopi!!"
ReplyDeleteAnother teaching game- everyone sits in a circle, you start a story. When you're done the next person takes the story a few sentences furthur, etc...
And: Sub-2 Bam-0 :P