Day 2- July 10th

This rainy day started off a bit slow with the usual 5:45 wake up and 40-mimute walk to school. We took a different route along the esplanade though and got to see the sun rise over the ocean.

The first class was the rugby lecture class. Not a lecture about rugby but the group of boys all spend a lot of time playing rugby and not exactly into school work so the school developed a program for them. There were six boys in the class and honestly, they didn’t do much. Cameron has had these boys since they were in 8^th grade so he knows them well enough to know they won’t do too much in a class session. Topic of the term: goal setting and figuring out what they might want to do after they graduate in four months.

The second class is in the gym again but with a much smaller class full of girls and three boys. I think this will be my favorite class, the students were very interested in New York and one of them has been there before. We did the same thing we did yesterday except with the wife, Cassie.

We had a real Rugby class for the third session with about 30 boys who play on the league team. Cameron will usually take lead in this class because it’s his team and his sport. I learned a lot about the game though and enjoyed watching.

The last class is probably going to be my favorite lecture class but it also has an activity portion, like a lab, but the two parts don’t relate. The lecture is all about binge drinking this term and the activities will be team sports such as speedball, netball, and basketball. There are only 11 students and I got to know all of them pretty well today while debating some topics. I told Cameron that I will jump in and teach a lesson to this class first probably because I am super comfortable around them.

Tomorrow is the Athletic Carnival and im looking forward to seeing the whole school in one place and all working together. I hope by Friday I will be pitching in on the teaching a bit more and know some more students.