Mwet-ing

mwet vi. neut. To clear an area; to cut or pull grass

 
As part of a community service requirement for the MHS juniors, they recently went to mwet at a local home.  I, as a junior advisor, decided to go with them to supervise their work and help out a bit.  It was lots of fun just hanging out with my students and, of course, getting away from school for a day.  As a reward for a job well done, my students received sakau plants that they later used in a fundraiser.

The guys

The gals

The fundraiser

Over the past month my World Cultures classes have been learning about sustainable energy in the F.S.M. and the arts in daily life in Africa.  I was fortunate enough to have a wonderful guest speaker, a returned Peace Corps Volunteer (RPCV) currently serving as a Peace Corps Response Volunteer, give a presentation on the people of Malawi.  Thank you Susan!

My students have also been keeping busy outside of the classroom, with two of them getting accepted into the STEP-UP program and another winning the “Dream Big” Library Day essay contest for juniors.  Congratulations and keep up the excellent work!

I spent my week long Easter break immersing myself in Tad Williams’ Shadowmarch series (too addictive), lesson planning for the rest of the school year (too productive), and attending church services and/or mass with my host family.

What are YOU looking at?

And life goes on here in Pohnpei.  Lately I’ve been surrounded by tons of creepy crawlers, whether it be rats and huge spiders in my classroom or swarms of ants in my bedroom anxious to carry away my cough drops.  I blame the weather.  I’ve also been perfecting the art of just “being”, a form in which all of you M78’s will come to master soon enough.  With only one more month until the school year wraps up, I am eagerly anticipating what (and who) the summer will bring!