Last week, we came home to a nice clean flat. Our new maid did wonders! We plan on having her come in once a month…less than $15 per visit. It’s worth it to have a really clean house. Yes, now we have a maid. She writes her name as “Batty” but pronounces it “Betty.” She’s Filipino.
We also had parent conferences last week. It was a long week, but at least that one’s over. I met several really nice parents. Funny, most of these kids are so proud to introduce their parents to their teachers. Very refreshing…And the parents speak English better than many of the native English speakers back home...
Of course, most of these parents would probably spell color "colour" and recognize "recognise," but what can you expect with years of British occupation?
Actually, I have kids from all over the world: Brazil, Argentina, the US (including William Faulkner's great grand-daughter), South Africa, Egypt, Palestine, Austria, Germany, England, Iran, Iraq, South Korea, Lebanon, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Oman, Sudan, the Philippines,and so on...
The doctor looking out for our baby-to-be is German, my cab driver last night was Pakistani, the director of our school is Austrian, my closest friends in the English department are from Canada and New Zealand, my high school principal is from Ireland, my Assistant principal is from Australia, the owner of the little grocer across the street is Indian, our doorman is Egyptian, my three best students are South African, Palestinian, and Brazilian, and most of the nannies in town are Thai.
It really is an international community...
Wrapping up the School Year
6 years ago
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