Time with the high school

We were fortunate that Max allowed us to sleep in on Thursday, and then we left for the Elma Barnett High School at 8:30am. I think that we were still late leaving, so we only arrived after the first two lessons were nearly over. The Form One student admissions were occurring on this day also, so the principal Henry was very busy on this day.

I quickly introduced myself to the teachers, and rapidly tried to acquaint myself with the curriculum. I had done no preparation at all. I needed to establish a relationship with the students or I was going to fail.

I failed! The first lesson about the gas laws, and I provided three examples of the gas laws in practice: soda, a bicycle pump, and aeroplane flight. That seemed to go alright, but then the teacher asked the students if they had any questions. 

One of the students asked me to explain the Solvay process. Who asks that?!

It has been a very long time since I have studied a similar process. I was not really ready for that. It was a mess. 

I then had the opportunity to take a break, and went to teach a Form 2 class. There was a lot of engagement with the team while singing and dancing, but then I had to take them for agriculture study. Logan was interested, but Jesse was yawning with boredom. Teaching micronutrients lost a lot of the class' earlier engagement. 

Following lunch, I nearly had a repeat during biology class, but I was able to illustrate transpiration factors by getting the students to go outside and pick leaves off the surrounding trees. We watched a YouTube clip for an experiment testing transpiration from different leaves using calcium chloride. 

The lesson was followed by our presence at Christian Union - their school devotion time. 

I then negotiated with the principal and teachers for the classes that I would take the next day, and how I would prepare for them. 

After getting home, Ariana and Abbey cooked our dinner of butter chicken, while I spent the evening preparing my lessons for the next day. 

An early night sounded like a great idea.