So finally I think that we are in the last days of sports!!!! I got crispy like a tomato at the official sports day taking photos of my kids. Normally I can't live with out sun screen here but I switched purses and for got to add a sun screen whoops !!!!! But it was fun meeting families and watching my little guys run around in their categories. The kids had a grate time but like always the teachers had their issues. I tell you my school just can't keep it together with anything, organization, honesty, getting along and soooooo much more but lets keep this a happy post. We had sports Thursday and Friday all of the houses got together and had a little celebration for their fun and winnings.
White cane has been interesting now that I know how to word things better I am seeing new results in the painters. Some of them need to be competitive and some just need a bit more praise. One of my painters who has Down syndrome at first could not stay in the lines and did not understand how to use the right amount of paint has come sooo far. He just needed a little more praise. Also now he is staying in the lines. But most exiting I was watching him pain the other day and I saw him stop look at the paint brush and turn it to another direction so it better fit the space he was trying to paint. I was impressed and so exited to see him understanding size of brush and amount of paint makes a difference on the area that you are going to be painting. I have been introducing different sizes and shaped brushes to them and the seam to be learning how to use them really well.
Observation in town
Grenada I feel has somewhat of an idea about people with disabilities, but lots of people are still confused by it. Some people don't understand the difference between cognitive and physical disability, and I am sure they still believe in myths. Any ways the other night I was going to catch a bus. Before I go on let me explain busses here for those of you who do not know about them. Are busses are vans that have a driver and a conductor. The conductor collects money, keeps track of if the buss is full, setting to fit the most people he can, and watching for police because they do have designated stops for the busses but her we have so manny busses they compete with each other so they will pick you up almost any where. If they get caught by the police it is a fine for each person they picked up. Also people are very picky about the busses they take, some people will stand on the buss stops for 30min until the right buss comes along for them. They pick by driver, safety, smell, speed anything. Any ways I was going to catch a bus and the buss stopped at a fake stop so we had to hurry to get on the buss. When the conductor got off the bus I realized that he had either Cerebral Palsy or Muscular dystrophy. I would say a mild form but it did impact his speech and strength. I was so exited to see him conducting because its hard for people with disabilities to get jobs let alone not be discriminated against. He seamed to be happy and doing a grate job. Although I did see some people not want to get on the buss because he had a disability, I found this heart breaking. Money is valuable everywhere but I am in a 3rd world country and people struggle so I was impressed that the diver didn't mind loosing a few bucks to employ someone with a disability. It was a good bus ride and it hit my heart in the right spot and reminds me of why I am here and that I want to continue to help in any way I possibly can support people with debilities and educate the people.
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