Class Swapping

Today at basketball I taught the lower level kids. It was good fun because we did a bunch of dribbling drills, and I had to teach a lot of the fundamental dribbling moves. Most of them found it difficult, but like most of the younger Senegalese I have encountered, they were good natured and had fun with it. I was particularly excited today because one of my students from my English class who had expressed an interest in playing basketball had come to play today as well. He was a little shy at first, but before long he was joking and playing with the others. After a while I split them up into teams and let them play some matches. I noticed that one of the boys was particularly good, and I told him that I would ask the coach if I could move him up a level. He came up to me gleaming later and asked if he could come to my English class (the student from my English class had told him I was also an English teacher). I really am making a difference after all…