Sunday, August 13, 2006

 

Super Mario, Zelda, and Lost- all in Mozambique!

Yesterday Eli and I spent the day watching DVDs and playing Mario 64 (actually Eli prefers tetris), and it just didn`t feel like peace corps! How strange, now that we have Eli`s computer, we can watch DVDs or download emulators online that let us play console games on the computer, it feels a little more like home. Speaking of DVDs, our missionary friends just let us borrow the first season of Lost, and all I can say is WOW! We had never watched or even heard much about Lost back home, but we got really addicted to the first season.
Also we`re about a week into computer classes now (Eli is going to start giving them 2 days a week starting this coming week). I`ve realized that it`s going to be a lot harder than I originally thought. Last week I had my first trial group of 8 students go. The course was supposed to last 2 days, but on the third day and after over 7 hours of classes many of the kids were still struggling to open folders (DOUBLE click!!). They`re supposed to take a `test` to show what they`ve learned at the end, and part of the test is exactly like one of the practice exercises they do on the first day, but somehow only 1 or 2 out of 8 kids remembers what to do. It`s a little frustrating, so Eli and I are going to try and find new methods for teaching, and maybe make the courses a little longer. I have over 100 kids on my wait list to learn on only 4 computers… it`s going to be a busy trimester!

Comments:
Well, we can download Su Doku from the internet now... :-)

Lost is a great show about a plane crash that strands 40 some people on an island in the middle of nowhere- the best part is that its a mysterious/magic/cursed island and all kinds of crazy stuff happens- every episode ends in a cliff hanger, so sometimes we watch 5 episodes in a row! (Ok, we went thru the 1st season really fast!) Anyways, they slowly develop the characters, giving flashbacks of one person each episode, and everyone has a really interesting history and or reason for being on the flight.

:-)
 
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