The work is really starting to pile up here. Not because of procrastination but because of stupid teachers that give out assignments less than a week before they're due. As of today I have to:
1. FInish a poster/powerpoint describing the mammal density distribution in Tarangire National Park (equipped with all sorts of statistical tests that make no sense to me).
2. Make a game board that teachers the players about giraffe/habitat interactions.
3. Write 25 150-250 word descriptions on animal ecology for stupid pictures. (given two days ago and due at the end of the week.) Some of the pictures include: a cricket sitting on someone's leg, a bird sitting on a tree branch, a group of giraffe standing, etc.
4. Make a statistical analysis of wildebeest counts in Serengeti. (given yesterday and due at the end of the week).
The teachers here really need to start working on giving us assignments in advance. Maybe I'm just not used to the african teaching style.
Also, classes are officially over! Today was our last lecture and starting tomorrow we just have reading days until our finals on Saturday and Sunday. After finals we have two days of returning graded material and then packing up and heading to Kenya!!
oh! and since we missed the Olympics out here in Tanzania, we're making up for it by having our own little Olympics games- Tanzania group vs. Kenya group. Us Tanzanian kids are probably going to win. We even ordered jerseys with the Tanzanian flag colors and bandanas. Hopefully we'll get face paint too.
The games:
ultimate ninja (introduced by me during RAP)
ugali eating contest
watermelon seed spitting
swahili translation
east african culture quiz
maasai jumping
volleyball
soccer
water balancing
egg & spoon balancing
I signed up for ultimate ninja and maasai jumping.
Don't know why I signed up for the jumping.. should be interesting,
One of the girls here, Lauren, taught us a short dance to Jai-ho. We're thinking of practicing some more and doing it as we enter the Kenya camp to intimidate them.
Since I'm leaving the Havennature camp in a week, I thought I'd upload some photos of the site since I never got around to it.
These are our tents.
The chumba! where we eat, study, hang out.
Outside view of the kitchen and where we line up for dinner.
Our very africa classroom.
The fire pit and view of the local farms.
Inside the bathroom- open bathrooms welcome birds in the morning.
Kids on the running track.
oh and I got pink eye this morning yikes!
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