A New School...Please listen for a brief Commerical

This week I have been working at another school. The structure of school is very similar. Lots of down time, little instructional time, rote memorization, beautiful students, very little resources, uniformity, etc...We have been visiting these schools to teach them about proper hand washing and good sanitation practices. The further you get from the big city the less English the locals speak. We have been teaching using a translator. I do not really like it. I feel like it is a waste of time and energy. Shouldn't the translator just teach the information? I feel like the volunteers are being made a spectacle of. The students just look at us...stare at us while we talk and then understand the information from someone else. Why are we there? Is the information more legitimate when it comes from a bunch of Americans? We went to one class and the teacher introduced us, "We have some White people who have come to talk to you so listen up or you will suffer the consequences", then he motioned for us to take the floor. I laughed. Did this man not notice I am not White? and neither is this clearly Asian dude? When I finished teaching my part of the lesson, I motioned for the teacher to met me outside. "Why did you call me White? Look at me. I am a Black American. An African American. My skin is like yours," and then I held my arm beside his arm so he could see that we were the same, "I am not White." He paused. "I thought you would want to be called White. Did I offend you?" I informed him that not only had he offended me but he also offended the Chinese American guy who did not wish to be called White. He apologized as if he still didn't understand what the problem was. I guess he thought he was giving me a compliment... While speaking about race, I will interrupt this blog for a brief commercial:

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I have met a couple that I really like. I have dinner at their house a lot. There names are Christina and Gabrielle. I have more friends! Yeah, I'm cool like that :)