Lesson's of a Pig
in the pics: A picture of Apia from high above on a mountain, ahhh coconut trees, inside ANZ bank...looks pretty modern.
4/22
Today’s adventure took me to Allan’s house, about a 30 minute bike ride from where I live. I met him when I was flying down a hill on my way home after riding to the top of the mountain one day. He is a palagi (from Australia) who married a Samoan woman and decided that it is important for his daughter to know her roots and heritage, before she goes out into the world. I wanted to do work, and today, I was in luck: Allan had just shot a pig (unlike the way I helped kill a pig in our PC training by standing on a stick to strangle it). He needed help carrying it back to his house (fale). Well, it was actually a bit of a hike—30 minutes into dense jungle. And, um, the pig was actually in three pieces: the fore end (with the head), and rear end (with the rearend), and the guts—which I got to carry back in a double plastic bag. All 30 pounds of it. Allan said it was a size 4 pig...they come as big as a 6 or 7. the pig allan killed today must have been at least a good 150-200lbs. I wonder wh
at a size 7 pig looks like. So I’m covered in sweat and some blood smears on me, but having a good time. I wished I had my camera with me to get a picture, but I’m sure your imagination can make up a good mental image;)
I wanted to do some work, and not just eat, stand, or sleep. I think the options to help with work are shaping up quite well. There is also Jane and Olsen, who have lived in NZ for a long time, and have no “extended” family to help them. I can help them. I told allan just give me a machete and let me do some bush wacking and I’ll be happy as a clam. He seemed excited to get me into it. He said he likes to do that too. Now I just have to remember to do the yoga before I go to bed or I will hurt the next day.
Current music selections (thank you to Erik) include: Allman Brothers, Badly Drawn Boy, Beck, Ben Harper, Blonde Redhead, Blue Oyster Cult, and Bob Marley. I haven’t heard many of these artists before, but that is what I want—to hear new music.
4/21
“The greater the structure of a lesson and the more precise the direction on what is to be accomplished the higher the achievement rate.”
This is so much more important in a rote learning environment. It amazes me almost every day how much I have to watch what I write on the board. If I write it down, the students write it down. If I don’t write it. They will not write it down.
Today’s adventure took me to Allan’s house, about a 30 minute bike ride from where I live. I met him when I was flying down a hill on my way home after riding to the top of the mountain one day. He is a palagi (from Australia) who married a Samoan woman and decided that it is important for his daughter to know her roots and heritage, before she goes out into the world. I wanted to do work, and today, I was in luck: Allan had just shot a pig (unlike the way I helped kill a pig in our PC training by standing on a stick to strangle it). He needed help carrying it back to his house (fale). Well, it was actually a bit of a hike—30 minutes into dense jungle. And, um, the pig was actually in three pieces: the fore end (with the head), and rear end (with the rearend), and the guts—which I got to carry back in a double plastic bag. All 30 pounds of it. Allan said it was a size 4 pig...they come as big as a 6 or 7. the pig allan killed today must have been at least a good 150-200lbs. I wonder wh
at a size 7 pig looks like. So I’m covered in sweat and some blood smears on me, but having a good time. I wished I had my camera with me to get a picture, but I’m sure your imagination can make up a good mental image;)I wanted to do some work, and not just eat, stand, or sleep. I think the options to help with work are shaping up quite well. There is also Jane and Olsen, who have lived in NZ for a long time, and have no “extended” family to help them. I can help them. I told allan just give me a machete and let me do some bush wacking and I’ll be happy as a clam. He seemed excited to get me into it. He said he likes to do that too. Now I just have to remember to do the yoga before I go to bed or I will hurt the next day.
Current music selections (thank you to Erik) include: Allman Brothers, Badly Drawn Boy, Beck, Ben Harper, Blonde Redhead, Blue Oyster Cult, and Bob Marley. I haven’t heard many of these artists before, but that is what I want—to hear new music.
4/21
“The greater the structure of a lesson and the more precise the direction on what is to be accomplished the higher the achievement rate.”
This is so much more important in a rote learning environment. It amazes me almost every day how much I have to watch what I write on the board. If I write it down, the students write it down. If I don’t write it. They will not write it down.
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