Water (Emanti) and Bathing (Kugeza)
As part of our three month observation and integration phase, we are asked to complete a task each week –- such as observing classes, learning about the South African education system and curriculum, and interviewing teachers -- and write a portfolio entry for each. Last week, over the Spring school break, our task was to observe and reflect on the society we are now living in. Perry and I spent the weekend before the break at a bed & breakfast in Malelane (to celebrate his birthday), and I found myself focusing on water in my portfolio entry. Here is what I wrote: Perhaps one of the easiest ways to comment on the society we're now living in is to contrast it with the society we've come from. One marked contrast is the availability of water. I come from a place where water is always on, generally safe, and completely taken for granted as a basic or essential commodity. As we drained the last dregs of the water from our JoJo last week, I couldn't help but worry about