A Full Day

Its been a full day. First, the hotel did not give us a wake up call at six,which we had asked for. Thank goodness I decided to stay up when I awakened at four A.M. We must be at the NLP by 7 :45. The morning is long with 30 kids at many different levels, kids who have no school preparation . Olivia, the teacher, Bob, and I did some reading,writing,and shading (working with crayons). We spoke with the headmaster at recess. He was interested in our suggestions re: Leave Out Violence. By the afternoon we met with the two teachers who are now at the "Social Justice Club", and tomorrow we will meet with the 8 children who form the executive. We gave the teachers each a LOVE camera and will go out with the executive 4-5 times to take photos of good things and difficult things in their lives. Finally each will choose photos and write journals. On the way home we heard drummings and asked to watch an amazing group of teenagers. Practicing "tribal dances" just like in Fire Danced (an excellent film). Judy