Kaho High School never ceases to amaze me. We had shortened classes today because the last hour and half was spent pulling out weeds. You see, the schools here don't typically have a janitor or a yard service to do the dirty work, so everyone pitches in and gets the job done. This was an extensive operation too; a diagram of the campus was even drawn out and every single person (teachers & students) was assigned to a section of the school grounds. Sure, some of the students were goofing off here and there, but for the most part they were diligent little workers. I know it seems silly to waste an entire blog about pulling weeds, but it just shows a big difference in the schools here and those in the U.S.
-Sarah
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I don't think it was a waste. [It wasn't very long anyway AND there were no pictures!]
I love that idea of students helping out like that! The two years I went to a small country school(4th & 5th grades) we did similar things; emepty the trash, dust erasers, etc. I think it helps teaching responsibility/respect early on. As far as some goofing off . . . that's everywhere!
Opps . . . that was a typo, empty has too many e's.
[I need to preview these posts!]
We also had to pick up litter once a week and chase cattle off the baseball diamond as needed.
We had to walk to school in 3 feet of snow, even in the summer!
AND we loved it!
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