Today was the start of our placement week. The day started off with a delay as our host mum was using the bucket shower when we had to leave, so it made us a little late to the office. When we got there, I found out that the school I have my placement at hadn't started back yet, so I was given the option to go to one of the other schools. I chose to go to First class which is one of the private school in the village. Once we got there, we went and spoke to the headmaster who quickly told us to come back next week as only 20% of the school had come in today. As we didn't want to go home defeated we decided to play some games with the kids that decided to turn up. I chose to teach them British bulldog (touch) which they grasped pretty quickly and seemed to enjoy a lot.
After this I went back to Jacks with a few others and with the continued power cut we decided to play Bananagrams. Spelling not being my strong point I gave up quickly and just relaxed on the sofas as I don't have such luxuries of sofas in my host home. Due to having to be back at the office for 3 the games and relaxation were cut short. All we had to do at the office is write a report on what we had done at work that day, as all we had done is play games we didn't have much to write up. The other guys and I decided to go play football with the local boys. This was absolutely knackering, and I got skilled up a few times. The highlight was I scored a penalty, and my team won 8 - 4. After playing for an hour, I was out energy and truly overheated. The kids laughing at my “tomato face”. One of the highlights of the day was that the power turned back on in the town. However, I was foolish to get my hopes up as even though it's fixed, it is turned off most of the day.
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AuthorThis blog is written by one of the owners of the site; Alex Hood. Currently studying English Literature at Brighton University and was given the amazing opportunity to work with VSO in Nigeria for three months over the summer. Archives
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