Monday, March 18, 2013

recent adventures in mongolia


It was kind of weird and surprising to have Americans coming to visit my school. They were doing an art project with children in many different countries, and one of the two places they visited in Mongolia happened to be my school. One of my counterparts and me worked with them to help things go as smoothly as possible. It was really fun working with younger kids. They really enjoyed making photos and making their own drawings too. When the project was finished, the students were invited to go on a free trip to a museum in the capital to see their art displayed in a gallery. Pretty cool, huh? I got to go with too. About twenty of us went to UB. It was really fun to see the kids looking at their photos and showing them to their parents. And later, other countries will get to see these kid's art too.

And - my English teachers set up an English week at my school. I'm really proud of them because they organized most of it without me. There was a song competition, spelling competition, poetry competition, and other games as well. Also we recently had a creative writing competition, and it was really interesting to read their essays.

So I wasn't really doing that much work during all of this. I'm impressed with my counterparts their ability to arrange project plans, and also translate for the Americans with very little help from me.