The Blue city

Day 8 (4/22): Chefchaouen, the beautiful blue city 

We observed Aziz's ESL class for 3 periods. Students are working on Unit 8 which is about "Society and social problems". Students were presenting posters on issues that they found to be a problem for the society. It was interesting to see that they are talking about topics like "contraceptives" and "domestic abuse". We thoroughly enjoyed their presentation.

We also had a formal "welcome presentation" ceremony where 2 students presented and all the staff members joined for tea and snacks.

Here people go home for the 2 hour lunch break and we went back to the hotel with tons of snacks.

We were picked up by our wonderful host Aziz and headed back to the school ! We observed science class where the teacher was talking about processing trash which included various methods of recycling. After science we had the most interesting experience at the office of the administrator. We talked about how chronic absenteeism is handled in our districts . We also discussed about social emotional issues in schools and how they are addressed in both countries. While we were in the room, a parent came to see the administration because his son was not behaving in school. Although they were speaking in Arabic, I could tell from the tone and the body language that it was incredibly respectful. I also found out 2 words that are same in Arabic and Hindi/ Bengali.

"Mushkil" - meaning "problem" - Arabic, Hindi, Bengali

"Kanoon" - meaning "law" - Arabic and Hindi