It's Friday and I am sitting in the library of UWC. I feel like a giant vacuum trying to suck up as much as I can (the much being South Africa).This is a good thing but I also feel slightly frantic/mad. I am hot pile of crazy.
In good news, Sophie (the girl who had to go home for surgery) came back today, I like her. All of us went to go pick her up the airport, it was cute. On one hand, I love the community I have with the people I live with but I also hate it. Like sometimes (feels like often, these past few days) I just want to be on my own, living with South Africans doing me own thing. But other times I am really grateful for everybody and I think it's good for me (learn to be in community, not be so agnsty) to be living with these people.
I love UWC. I made gay friends (lesbians and gayboys!) and I think one has a crush on me (we will see ;) i am going to ask him to hang out with me. We met at sign language class. Here, I have tried to go to as many clubs as possible. Why don't i do clubs at fordham? I took my term test for English and got a 55 percent (a d here). I talked to my tutor (professor in charge of my small group) She went to Cambridge and she had a lot of thoughts about my education thus far and how I can improve. She was helpful, all be it a little critical (but then again she's British).
Teaching is interesting. The days are super long (7 hours with no break!) But I do enjoy observing the classroom/school life and interacting with the teachers and kids. I feel like a total outsider though, but well I am. One of my favorite things to do is because I don't get a break, when the kids are screaming and the teacher is away, I step outside of the classroom. The classrooms face outside and everything is connected by outdoor walkways. My classroom is on the third floor. I go to the end of the outdoor hallway and look out at the township and look at the people living thier lives and the houses (they are so cool, they are houses with shack extensions attached usually and they are multicolored) and then the puppies waking around. Then I look at the mountains in the distance (I like that!).
Well that's all for now. How are you?
Love,
Stuart
P.S. Waiting for a boy to text me (Why Hasn't HE TExT ME?). Some things never change ;) well at least this one's straight
