3:32 pm. Thursday afternoon. I am sitting on my front porch talking to Marcos, one of my students, about what he has been doing during the break. I hear loud screaming by the river near my house. As we stop talking to listen to the noise, it is getting louder. The screaming and yelling is now coming from a group of people that must be getting closer to us because the volume is constantly increasing. Marcos and I get up to look at what is happening behind my house and we notice a group of about 30 people all running in the same direction making lots of noise. I look at Marcos in confusion and he explains to me that they caught someone stealing from their garden. He went on to explain that if someone steals they first catch them and them beat them. Beat them to death. Even if it is just a stem of bananas I asked? Marcos went on to explain that it doesn’t matter what you steal… If you are caught you will be beat to death. Uganda Lesson 101: Don’t steal anything.
I have been here in Budadiri for about two weeks. I have finally moved into my house and truly love it. I am going to share some of the details of my house in the next video so stay tuned… The neighbors have been so welcoming to me and inviting me over to share meals with them all the time. Sure it is always rice and beans but they still share all they have. The hospitality of everyone here is amazing. I have received numerous house warming gifts and I just moved in…
I start teaching on May 24th and am really excited to do it! It is going to be a challenge to manage an average class size of 100 students but I am excited and ready for the challenge. I never really understood Physics that well but it is never too late to learn it since I am going to have to teach it in 2 weeks! Everyone I meet in town asks them if I am going to be their teacher and are super excited if I am and if I am not they ask why I don’t want to teach them? They are all excited for the “muzungu” or “white man” teacher so I am just hoping I don’t disappoint them…
