Grist to the Mill

26 August, 2005

HIGHLIGHTS FROM SUMMER SCHOOL

A girl was talking about her life in Japan. While telling me that she walks the family's pet dog she said "My dog's power is stronger than mine".

Gave the students a treasure hunt so me and a friend could put our feet up for an hour. ("What number busses go past the bus stop?; When is the post collected?; Bring back some gravel, a milky way; etc etc). In an attempt to find all the stuff, some students went into a florists for a buttercup.

At the start of a course, all the students were supposed to mark their countries on a blank map of the world which showed outlines of countries but not the names. A (Latvian) boy, wearing a worried expression, confessed in the break that he did not know which country was Latvia on the map.

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