February 21, 2008
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The boy
on the side of the road
rolls his pants up
to keep them from falling
he doesn’t have a belt
or elastic in the waisti look again
he doesn’t have any shoes
and it makes me wonder
if he has any other clothes***
i went to PETI today to teach them UNO and Go Fish (with the Alphabet). i figured maybe i could teach them some colors, numbers, and the alphabet in English too. we started to play–me and five or six 8-11 year olds. i soon hit an obsticle.
they didn’t know their letters in Portuguese.
and neither did i. at least not well enough to teach them.
how could i even think about teaching them English if they didn’t know Portugese? others didn’t know their colors. or numbers. or couldn’t understand the concept of these basic games. Where are they going to go in life? is it passing them by already?
and i left, without teaching one color or number or letter. i got on a Kombe and stared at the beautiful trees. i grabbed a snack and laid on my nice bed with stripped sheets…something those kids won’t get today, or tomorrow…and i cried.
