The rains came

The school faced water shortage all week and the students were getting very restless. Today, the rains finally arrived. I ran up and down placing containers below the roof to catch some rains, while the students laughed at me. I think many students thought this was unimportant, but a few of them actually started positioning them to catch more rain. That was pretty awesome.

I had a bitter and scathing post about one of my colleagues (it's always the same one), but I decided that it could easily cause problems, so I have censored this one myself. Basically, it was about the fact that he came to school only once this week (actually, that was a good thing), left all of his responsibilities to the other teachers, didn't write all of the exams that he was supposed to write, beat the crap out of one of the students for wearing a rosary (I think the real reason was that the student was smiling. At school. During exam week. Poor Abel really got smacked for that.) and other rather typical grievances. If you really want, I can email it to you, but it's probably best kept off of the public domain.

Anyway, the week has been pretty good overall. We did another chemistry lab today (this was for a test) and I am starting to feel really comfortable in the lab. I know it's been a while since I've given them a lab, but we really need support staff here.

In other news, the students have asked me to be the patron of the Catholic Students Union here. I'm not really sure what to do about that. It's a good platform to provide guidance and counseling, but I am not sure if it is possible.

In any case, I am going to Voi this weekend and since we are closing the school for April break some time next week, there is a good chance that I will be making another trip to Voi soon.