You must have patience
to arrange something in Israel. You need to put everything in perspective. Fortunately,
we can all handle it quite well.
E.g.: we are now teaching more than a week and we
still didn’t get a schedule. They just tell us what to do when we arrive at
school.
The last few days were
very busy, but also very nice. On Saturday Fauve, Melanie and Heidi went
helping in a home for mentally disabled people. A unique experience, because
they didn’t talk one word in English. In this way, we learned a lot of Arabic
words.
In the meanwhile
Leonie, Heleen, Bryan and Bert got some Arabic lessons from a teacher from the
Al Bayanschool.
Everyone stayed up
late. I, Heidi, didn’t have a clue of what was going to happen…
Suddenly my fellow
students and new friends blindfolded me. They had baked a chocolate cake to
celebrate my birthday. I had a nice Arabic birthday party!
In Israel, Sunday is
the first day of the week. So all pupils go to school on Sundays.
We were not expected,
so after a few hours we already could go home. We decided to go to the beach
(Haifa) by bus. De Lijn is very punctual if you compare it to Israeli buses.
After three hours of traveling we were just in time for the sunset…
Schooldays
On Monday we observed six
English lessons. The schooldays are different compared to Belgian schooldays.
The lessons start at 8 AM and they finish very early, around 2 PM. They don’t
have a break at noon, just a short one in the middle of their six lessons
periods.
The teachers here
teach in a very different way. Some make it really nice, but others make it
rather classical. At that level you don’t have much difference with Belgian
teachers. At first sight the pupils are completely different than Belgian
pupils. They see their teachers more like friends and are a lot more
enthusiastic than Belgian pupils. It is pleasant to hear that everyone here wants
to become a doctor or engineer.
Yesterday we were
teaching about Belgium, and after we taught some lessons in ethics. It was about
happiness, and what makes the pupils happy. The pupils answered things we
expected them to answer. The pupils are not so different after all…
Tomorrow you can
expect more updates from us!
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