Learning Thai

We had our first parent/teacher conference at Claire's school last week. As usual, we had little to no idea what was going on and based on the letter they sent home we got the time wrong, so missed most of the teachers. Sigh. This is starting to feel pretty typical. We are the parents who are out of it! From the weekly art supplies we are supposed to send to what she should study for her Chinese test, communication is a challenge!!

This is Claire's favorite teacher, Master Bekosh. At this conference we found out that he is actually a medical doctor from Nepal. We are feeling pretty lucky that Claire got to have him for her science teacher. He makes her laugh a lot and she knows the body systems forwards and backwards!

Claire has teachers of quite a few nationalities in addition to Thai. Mr. Ashley is British and is one of the reasons that she uses words like waste bin instead of trashcan. :)

Claire in her classroom.
Claire has been working hard in school recently. She had a Chinese test this week and now seems to be making real progress. She is getting ready for her final exams in just a few weeks. She is also practicing every day for a dance that she will participate in this Friday night. She also tells us lots of funny stories from school. One I love is about how after dance practice the teachers pour sprite into a giant bowl on the floor and give all the kids straws. Everyone kneels around the bowl to suck up their share. It's a mental image that makes me laugh every time! :)

We are thankful for Claire's school! And thankful she's a happy kid who loves her school! Now if we can just get those multiplication tables memorized by exam time!
-C