Today was just amazing. I'm lying here thinking about each school and how wonderful they are. Very smart, brave, and so willing to learn. Some of the students have just been learning English for three weeks, and they made sure they knew what questions they wanted to ask.
The kids and I easily broke the ice, they were a little shy a first but warmed up very quickly. At a few of the schools some girls sang for me! It was such a wonderful surprise for me. A very special moment was a girl, Celine, had prepared a song to sing for me. Celine sang "I will always love you" by Whitney Houston. Celine was so overwhelmed with emotions that she cried during half of the performance. It was one of the most beautiful things I have ever witnessed. Here is a girl with many hopes and dreams, singing a song for me in English.
I also had a girl Lucy sing a duet with me. She was very brave, and had a wonderful voice!! I also had a group of girls sing Mama Mia!! They wanted me to sing it but...I didn't know the lyrics :-(
I almost got knocked down a few times with the kids all rushing to get towards me, Oliver kept asking if I was okay...I was totally cool with it because I knew how exciting this experience was for them. (and for me!)
Some kids even climbed outside the windows just to say goodbye. The attitudes of the children were very uplifting to me. I noticed that at all the schools everybody likes everybody,there doesn't seem to be many cliques. The children are also very encouraging to their peers. When the girls got up and sang all of the students were applauding and "proud".
I must head to bed! Another busy day awaits me tomorrow :-)
Sarah
XOXO
P.S. One funny question I was asked to sing was "F*** You" by Lily Allen. I was taken aback because she said it loud and clear as if there wasn't a thing wrong with it! Something thats very different from the states!
:-)
I sang a lot of Lady Gaga for them instead ;-)
Here is a photo that was sent to me already by one of the students! :-)
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