Through the Peace Corps, we are in a cell phone plan which gives us free texting and calling among Peace Corps volunteers and employees… suddenly every witty remark is sent to everyone you know who appreciates funny things. These are just a few of those that I have sent and received over my months here.
Me: Major topic of our staff meeting today: we have a school goat. Favorite quote of the meeting, immediately upon remembering that the school does in fact own a goat: Where is that goat?
Katie: Giant lizard the size of my face is in my room. Inshallah it leaves before I go to sleep because I have no other ideas about how to handle the situation.
Me: I’m checking lesson plans and schemes of work today… Favorite quote: “skripple on the slap”. Oh, Africa.
Me: Handwriting practice today featured writing this sentence ten times: “I am tall and black.” Oh, Africa.
Lily: So just went into a third grade math class the teacher added 3/5 and 1/4 without an lcm and then proceeded to convert the answer of 4/9 into the mixed number of 1 and ½.
Me: Someone stole my friends bike. In response, he said `I will go to the maribou and he will not urinate for 3 days. Then he will die.` The Gambian justice system at its best.
Julie: I am teaching library, but the principal has borrowed my boys to wash his goat.
Me: I was just sitting here in the dark thinking about how I’ve never heard a Gambian fart. What are you doing?
Jess: Some of the topics grouped together in the English course syllabus my principal gave me: space travel, bumsters, sports.
Jess: I think I’ll have the kids write stories about a footballer who is driven to prostitution. On mars.
Me: Does it ever bother you that everyone calls the principal simply “Master”? Maybe it’s because I just finished reading Roots.
One of our language teachers, responding to the question of how to say “map” in Mandinka.
Teacher: Bankoolu la naanee yitandi kaytoo. Meaning the paper on which country’s boundaries are shown. Substitute bankoolu with gambia saatewolu.
Teacher: Or simply maapoo.
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