13th October
I’m back to complaining about Beskol School again, fancy that. I just feel so sad on behalf of the pupils here, who take second place to the ladies club which happens to share the same building and rooms as them. (I’m not blaming this on woman, but there are only 5 male members of staff- the 3 PE teachers, the Military studies guy, and myself – while there must be 30 or so ladies).
Here are two examples, just from today:
Half of the science department has gone to Almaty for a conference for the week, which means half of the science classes have been cancelled.
It was medical inspection day today, so after the inspection the kids went home, in some cases missing the 4 classes that should have followed it.
On the whole the children at school are noticeably poorer students than those in Ushiral, the nearest town, and greatly so from those in Taldy-Kalgan, the nearest city.
I know I am only here to help improve the English, but when the whole school (and probably many more) is so fundamentally broken, it not only limits what I can do, but also raises the question of the value of doing so.
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