Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Thursday 17/3

Today was human rights day. After our last nepali-lesson where we learned how to introduce ourselves, we had about the human rights.I heard a lot about the human rights before, but it was good to hear it again. We talked a lot about how to define a human right because you can interpret them differently. I was surprised to find out that the best way to file a violation is to go through the media and not through the machinery.
After lunch we got an assignment. We had to figure out what the status of the human rights in our placement country is. In the afternoon some of us went for a short trip to the dilli bazar and it was raining for the very first time since we got here :)
For dinner we got momos made by some of the girls, and of course Goku. They were very tasty. The day ended with 3 hours of trivial pursuit.
-Signe

Tuesday the 5th of April

Today, we had our last "normal" lessons. We learned about conflicts and reactions towards these. We did a small "roleplay" where we learned the importance of bodylanguage, and were told that 55 % of our communication is bodylanguage, 38 % is tone of voice and 7 % is words. Later on, we had a Forum Theater in which we prepared for different dilemmas once we reach our placements. For example, we talked about what to do if some teachers hit the schoolkids, or how to react if an orphanage asks us to pay for nescessary product. We had to act the different solutions, and people could join in if they had ideas for solutions.
When class ended, people did different things like visiting the Garden of Dreams, the Buddha Temple or even getting tattoos!