Things that happened in/outside of/around my class in its first 20 minutes this morning:

-Ten students were late because they forget to bring water from their home to water the plants at the school. (We don’t have running water or a well, so this responsibility falls to a different class each week.)

-Five students were late because they hadn’t swept their portion of the schoolyard dirt yet.

-One student was severely punished by our director for walking through my class and then trying to get another student in trouble for calling him a “bandit” for interrupting my class.

-One student almost threw up.

#justanotherdayteachinginBenin