Day 9

A day of visiting schools.

In the morning we went to visit our first school of the day.  In contrast to yesterday's school this was a private school.  We were cordially welcomed into the school by the students.  The school 's principal addressed Angle, the staff of Bala Vikasa who were with us, Ms Scarlett, Nick and all the students.  The students of the class had prepared a formal sharing session.  They presented subjects such as the culture of India, their hopes for the future and what they consider to be world issues at this time.  Following each presentation they asked us to respond and give our input and opinion.  We were rather unprepared for the formality of the session and the amount of preparation and research the students put in.  However we did our best to answer their questions. The students also performed songs for us.  Following this we were able to talk to students from the class one on one and got to know them better.  

In the afternoon we went to another private school.  It was quite interesting to see the difference between the two schools.  This meeting had a much more relaxed atmosphere and we were able to easily interact with class.  We asked each other questions about the different school systems, what we wanted to do with our lives and cultural differences.  The students were quite surprised to find out that we would be leaving our family homes before we got married.  After this we were given a tour of the entire school and were able to meet students from different grades.  

It was a incredible day in all where we were able to see different kinds of schools of India and experiences the students and staffs generosity, excitement and kindness.  

Auf Wiedersehen

Phoebe, Natalya and Miranda