Summer School

I've been teaching summer school for a couple of weeks now. It's a very relaxed atmosphere. I've been teaching Science to grades 8 and 9 and Math to 7, 8, and 9. None of their grades for these summer session classes actually count so it's just a lot of supplemental knowledge that should prep them for the next term. The hard part is motivating them, but I guess that's always the hard part of teaching.

The Red party here in Thailand has been camping out on the street in Bangkok for 2 weeks now. They were supporters of the last Prime Minister who was tossed out in a military coup about 4 years ago. He's a crook, but their points are valid. They want the current government to be dissolved so they can re-instate the ex PM (Thaksin). There was a lot of fear at first, and there have been a few random bombs outside of Bangkok (no serious injuries), but all in all it has been peaceful.

I have another holiday coming up in a couple of weeks. I'm going to go up to the jungle and stay in a treehouse with Oi during songkran. Songkran is like a Thanksgiving holiday, except instead of everyone eating too much we just have a huge waterfight on the streets!! It's one of the best holidays anywhere ever.