It's late Friday afternoon and the Nelson Mandela Matatu is pulling out of the school yard. The energy amongst the peer educators is incredible. We are clapping, singing and shouting. The mat has to stop because the students have formed a human wall preventing us from leaving!
This was our last day at Mawe Secondary school, located outside of Rongai town. The school holds about 200 of the most enthusiastic and energetic kids we have ever seen. Teaching at Mawe this week has been an indescribable experience. Everyday when we pulled into the school, the students would start buzzing with excitement for the days lesson.
Their interest in the lessons and desire for knowledge was clearly evident in the amount of questions asked everyday in class and after school in the anonymous question box. The form threes that Bryan Mercy and I taught were so comfortable with us in the classroom. Sometimes we would just burst out laughing together in the middle of class.
Along with a thirst for knowledge, the students at Mawe also loved the daily psych games we played with them. Near the end of every lesson, each classroom would erupt in screaming, shouting, cheering and clapping. At one point the form twos in Dre, Ng'ok and Dave's class were "winding their toys" on top of their desks!
Teaching at Mawe Secondary School this week was something I will never forget. Seeing the students enthusiasm and energy is what keeps me excited and in love with teaching at these schools every week. I can't wait to see what next week's school has in store.
-Courtney (also referred to by Mawe students as Courty)
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