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Sarah and Daisy write:Nothing could prepare us for the teaching experience at Mwereni Primary School. Arriving at the school and immediately heading into the classroom we had to adjust quickly to the size of the classes, there were often more than 50 children per class and two classes to teach per day. Keeping track of all the names was extremely hard. There was an obvious difficulty with the language barrier as English is their second language. Some students were more fluent than others and frequently acted as translators to us.
It was incredibly daunting teaching for the first time but we found the students eager to learn, friendly and responsive. Walking from classroom to classroom kids would walk up to us asking our names or how our day had been. By the time we reached our next class we would arrive with an entourage of kids of all ages wanting to join our class. What was most striking was that when their break arrived they would want to stay in the classroom to learn more, trying not to pick favourites was the hardest of all.
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