Mom,
The enclosed letter will probably be out of order--it was sent before the pictures, but it got returned to my box on account of too small an envelope! (Can you believe they took the time to return it with a note instead of throwing it out?) So I bet I won’t receive anything sent in a small envelope. I bet I sent a few already that weren’t received! That’s a lesson learned!
Anyway, I’m resending the other note here.
So I taught 2 new students at school, and they loved me. So far all of my students are great. At first I was worried about my bad Russian. But this next one (two) was a Turkmen family--twins! They understood my broken Russian and weren’t afraid to guess what I was saying. I was comfortable to do my normal craziness. Like pretend crying out in shock when positions are bad--or the evident wealth of strange noises I make. I think I’ll be great teaching foreigners on account of my beeps, gasps, oohs and ah, ah, ahs. I’ve figured out that I don’t do well right away in class because I’m not rough. The discipline here is nil. But one-on-one the kids are so well-behaved and scared of being hit or yelled at or given a bad grade. I think they’re very pleasantly surprised at my enthusiasm and happy to have a fun lesson for once!
Well, thanks for the barrage of phone calls I’ve been getting! I really needed to hear from everyone just to remember I still have family out there. It’s so much easier to be happy and to agree to stay when I’ve checked up at home and all is well. Sharon and I had a really long talk which was great! And it was nice to talk to Alice since I’ve been sending her letters and all. Okay, ‘til next time!
Love,
Kari
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