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LaJoie

Ethnographic Interview, by LaJoie

I’ve been waiting for so long to get the teachers permission to conduct an interview about him. Today at lunch time he had given me his lunch break as the time that we can do it. I told him, thank you once again teacher for the opportunity. As I told you I’m a student of Anthropology and this interview is one of my assignments. Can you please tell me anything about teaching? Hi said, “Yeah, I am a teacher and it’s not that I do teaching as a career but I do it as my vocation to this world. I started teaching at the age of fifteen when I was chosen as the assistant teacher and a guild president at our school, which gave me the opportunity to enjoy sharing and standing in front of others when teaching.” “In fact” he continued, “teaching is not about money but it is about the vocation; you must be called for it or else you will create monsters.” I asked him, “sorry what do you mean by monsters?” He replied, “I mean when a teacher pushes you into ignorance you can never release yourself because among the most trusted people in the world teachers are the first; because whatever they say is true. Wow. So what are the challenges you do face when teaching, I asked. He said, “stubborn students in general.” Finally, I said, “so besides teaching or let’s say when you retire, what will you be doing? In my retirements I will be a teaching consultant and I will be writing as many books as I can to update this modern curriculum. I concluded, “thank you sir for this time.”

Deep Observation, by LaJoie

RAIN It was raining The wind was blowing Trees were shaking Children were playing under the rain It was raining People came late at school including the teachers The roads became slippery Making transport difficult It was raining Heavy rainfall but not stopping us From doing other things Softening the soil for easy cultivation Helping crops to grow well It was raining Learners were shouting in class Others were reversing and sleeping