Teaching at the Deaf School

This past week, N and I had an opportunity to help teach at a school for Deaf students. We were both really nervous and unsure at first since our sign language skills are still very elementary, but we really had a lot of fun with the kids. It was their last day of (reading/writing) English class, so after their exam, we taught them a vocabulary game. Here are some pictures of how it all went:


This is the whole class. They range in age from 9 years to 18 years -- all in one class.


This is my favorite picture :) He was so happy when he got the word right.


It is so easy to fall in love with these kids. They are such happy kids, and they love to meet foreigners, especially those that know their language!


This is to anyone that has ever been a school teacher -- don't you wish that your students would behave this well?! It just amazed me how good their behavior was. It may not be that way every day, but it sure was that day.


This is us teaching the game.


This just amazed me. They have a cafeteria, but some time ago, some students broke some of the chairs (or something, I'm not sure) so from then on, they had to eat outside, rain, sun, snow, or heat. Made me feel so blessed for the schools that I had the opportunity to go to.


This is the lunch line. Everyone got the same thing -- rice and veggies...and no drink. Drinks are not necessary at meals in this country. You would think they would be so dehydrated...


These students are all amazing artists. It all just amazed me. This one student found some of her artwork and gave it to us to have. I think I will frame it and put it up somewhere in our apartment :)