There is no way to say this without it seeming completely obvious to everyone who reads this, but I’ll say it anyway: Africa is unlike any place I have ever been.
Today was one of those days of ups and downs, and at the end of the day when I thought, “What a bad day,” I looked up at the sky and just gasped at how completely gorgeous the night sky was. Without any lights and without any clouds to block the view, it was one of the most beautiful night skies I have ever seen. And that’s the thing about Africa for me. When I am surrounded on a day-to-day basis by the dirt and grim of the city, and when I am bombarded with stress and fatigue from the daily grind of teaching and classes, it is easy for me to forget that about all the beauty that is Africa. Because I really have had some just breath-taking moments, including tonight and the stars. Those are the moments that ooze tranquility; those are the moments that make my mind lucid again.
Anyway, I have much to tell about model school (it is going well; everyone says that I have a great teacher presence and that I am the “fun but firm” teacher; that I can be the students best-friend or the students worst nightmare). The good news as of late is that I new cyber just opened up that has a much faster internet connection (I mean it’s still really slow, but it’s faster). Not to mention that the old cyber we were at had one of the employees steal a bunch of people’s internet codes, so people in our stage had to pay for hours that they didn’t get. It was bad news bears. But really, it’s late and I do have to teach tomorrow, so I’m going to bed. Listening to a little Bruce right now. Bruce in Benin. Doesn’t get much better.
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