Schools, Spaghetti, and Sass

The past week has been pretty uneventful in Bambey. Finals are going
on so my classes are on hold until after WAIST (next week!). I've been
getting work done for the upcoming conferences we have and the
presentations I'll be giving. But a few things happened over this past
week that are worth noting:

1. Last week I learned that in addition to the 4 public middle and
high schools in Bambey there are 3 private schools. When I asked what
kind of private schools they are I received a simple answer from
Miriam: schools for kids who were expelled, are too old to be in
normal school, or got pregnant (that explains why they're always so
mean to me!). For a few days I racked my brain trying to figure out
why a fairly small town would need 3 of these schools until Tamar
called. She explained that her counterpart was talking to his son
about his poor performance in school and actually threatened to send
him to Bambey! Yes, my town is a threat to bad kids all over!

2. Three nights ago Mor came in from hunting with his archaic, scary
looking shot gun and summed Youssou to get his killin's from the car.
Youssou carried in a rabbit... so the next night we had spaghetti and
rabbit with onion sauce! Yum.

3. I realized why I like Khady so much: she talks all the time, she
asks a million questions, and she's a little bossy...hmmmm sounds like
someone else... Last night she followed me into my room and we had
this conversation "Where's my coloring book?" "Right here." "Can I
have it?" "Tomorrow." "Okay, tomorrow."

Next week I'll hopefully be back to normal internet and can keep you
updated with WAIST info - I promise I'll take way more pictures this
year than I did last year.

KO