At the hospital, I was able to observe a surgery to fix a scrotal hernia. The surgery was very interesting. At one point the anaesthesiologist needed the patient to breathe through an oxygen mask, but the man was not co-operating because he did not trust what was being pumped through the mask. To get the patient to breathe the air, the anaesthesiologist told the man that “white man’s air” was being pumped through the mask. The man immediately began inhaling because, as the anaesthesiologist explained, Africans always want anything the “white man” has. Apparently this trick is used often with patients.
Things at BCL continue to go well. My typical teaching routine has been to teach a lesson, assign some individual work based on the lesson, take up the work, then do dictation. For dictation, I give small prizes (pens, pencils, beany babies, etc. that I brought from home) to the winners, which the kids really seem to enjoy.
Things at BCL continue to go well. My typical teaching routine has been to teach a lesson, assign some individual work based on the lesson, take up the work, then do dictation. For dictation, I give small prizes (pens, pencils, beany babies, etc. that I brought from home) to the winners, which the kids really seem to enjoy.
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