Malawi Andy

Friday, September 30, 2005

Field Trip

The college and Form 3 classes went on a field trip to nearby city of Blantyre today.  We rented a big bus from the local parish and had to combine secondary and college to make it work moneywise.  Thankfully Malawi doesn't concern itself with terms "seating capacity" so we were able to fit everyone on.  Other than that it was a very normal field trip.  A few people were running behind but we the bus didn't leave on time anyways because we were waiting on the driver (Our time not Malawian time).  There was even a mom who showed up with one of the forgotten lunches of a students.  Of course, instead of car, she came on a bicycle taxi.  The college toured the TVM televeion studio in the morning and the Coca-Cola bottling plant in the afternoon.  Form 3 went to the radio station and the school of Medicine.  Being both a secondary and college teacher, I went with Form 3 in the morning and during the lunch meeting switched to the college.  It might have been a mistake because I was told later that the college of medicine tour included cadavers.