It's Monday the first day after the
Novrus holiday and there is no school. The casualness of school
attendance is a reminder of the seeming inconsequence of education in
Azeri lives. I'll admit that it is very important for some, but not
enough IMHO. It always amazes me how many excuses people have for
declaring a school holiday. I'm thankful I missed the beginning of
the school year because it takes until mid-October for the teachers
to finalize their teaching schedules. What a waste of time.
Now that I've got that rant out of my
system, I'm feeling much better. Since there is no school today, I can go
to the stationers and purchase poster board, vinyl, and markers for
making classroom posters. However, last night one of my English
teachers told me that all the posters I made last year are gone. That means that the English teachers have not been using
any of the visual aides I created. That pisses me off. This time, I will teach them how to make their own! Wish me luck
with that! Grrr!
I did go “guesting” last night to
the home of Mehpare, one of my English teachers. She lives with her
35 year-old son, his wife and their 4 year old girl. Another daughter
and her 2 young boys were also visiting from Sumgayit. Due to a windy, chilly day, we all sat in the kitchen for tea and later had a huge meal of spaghetti and pizza. Here's 1 photo I took of her grandchildren before my
camera's battery died.
Mehpare shared lots of baby news since I abruptly left last July. Irada's daughter Leyla had a baby boy March 23rd – her first grandchild. I had attended Leyla and
Hussein's wedding last Spring. History teacher Vusula had twins and I attended her wedding also. And English teacher Akbar will be in grandpa in April and I attended his daughter's wedding too.
Mehpare: The Russian
teacher's daughter will have a wedding on April 6.
Me: I have a dress!
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