DAY 19 (26/02)

This morning, we all (except for Evi, Lindsay and Ann) joined in in Rugby (even Stef, Ann's boyfriend).
It took place outside, which was very cold but quite alright. When you have crossed the field several times to run after the ball, you will get hot you know...Well, the game started, but I didn’t know any play rule or even what to do, so I decided to have a watch on the field for a moment and see what happens. At the start I was really chocked, because those people really bumped into each other like two bulls getting ready to fight. I didn’t want to be in the middle of the scrum! So during the game, I ran “after the ball” (read: running in its direction), we couldn’t really do anything else, because they were all experienced pupils and they played really tough.

But to make it more easier, Martin our PE teacher, made us a little team and a separate field where we could play at ease ;-)

We really laughed a lot and this game is alright, it only looks a bit tough and hard in the beginning, but I think there are risks in every thing and every sport you do. But now I DO understand why more boys participate than girls (bumping into breasts seems painful to me).

Next we gave 'Citizenship', together with Evi. We talked about Belgium, where it is situated, the capital city, that there is a French part and a Dutch part and that there are loads of tension between them, we also said the language spoken in Belgium is Dutch and not Belgian, talked about our identity card, etc...
Our teacher was really enthusiastic about us and about our help during the lesson, we were a great help, and asked if we could come back, so we are certainly going to do that!

Then we gave 2 lessons of French (busy day pfieuw). They listened very well and spoke a lot of French. The hour flew and it was a pity it was finished.
I also felt at ease with those pupils, we laughed a lot and I actually could be myself! A crazy, funny teacher…
Sometimes, when pupils are explaining something, I misunderstand certain words because of their accent, and as you can imagine, this makes it really funny.
I also didn’t have any problems with class management in this group. I just asked, in a polite way, to be quiet and listen because it really annoyed me that they were talking and they listened. Mutual respect as we say… It was nice :D

Bye bye xxxxx...