Netball??

Hardest adjustment- no basketball!! They have some basketball hoops but the students don’t seem to understand how to play. (They all “shoot like girls”) The girls play a game called netball which sounds like what my mom used to play, no dribbling, no backboards … hmm… I think I meet have to teach these kids about the sport. I’m wondering if it will count for my community service project for IU, it seems like community service to me.
Things I have learned and questions from my students:
Apparently George Bush died
“Have you met JFK?”
Elvis Prestely died of constipation on the toilet
“Do celebrities just walk up and down the street all day?”
“What famous people are you friends with?”
“Have you seen my rubber?” (rubber refers to eraser…)
Everyone in American drives fancy cars… (I didn’t even start to tell them about the Grand Wagoneer)

2 thoughts on “Netball??

  1. Could this netball just be a language thing? It cracks me up when they say they are going to do the Hoovering (sweep the floors)
    You will also find that they do not know football as we know it.
    You will have learned lots of new words by the time you come home. Be sure you keep a daily diary.
    Love, A.J.

  2. OK Lib, Netball is a form of basketball, it is similar. Pleased you arrived safely.
    And yes you have to hoover the carpet!! If you refer to football they will think you are talking about soccer!!
    Let me know if you need help with tranlation!?!?!?

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