For what? you
might ask. Well, last Friday was
Wai Kru Day, the Thai equivalent of teacher appreciation day. Even though we had only been teaching
for five days, were were included in the festivities. All of the teachers were dressed to the nines in matching
traditional Thai outfits, so Katie, Dana, Allison, and I went out the day
before to buy new skirts. After a
solid hour of trying on, refitting, and bartering, we had purchased four new patoongs, the traditional northern Thai
skirts.
The assembly was
in the open-air gym on Friday morning and boy was it hot. They packed in all 1000+ students, plus
all the teachers into the gym, and after an hour of listening to people talk,
every class came up to the teachers to wai
us (imagine a Namaste-esque bow) and to give us flowers. There were many flowers, candles,
incense, and photos to be had, but it all finished in time for our eleven
o’clock classes.
Our new skirts:
5th Graders lining up for the assembly:
Kindergardeners are the smallest
The school:
The crew:
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