We spent two days teaching English and Economic subjects to students in the Junior and Senior High Schools of the Methodist Schools. These are viewed as some of the best schools in Siantar. Many of the students are of Chinese descent, though not recent immigrants. The Junior High students wear uniforms of blue slacks/shorts/skirt, white shirt and blue tie. Actually tightening your tie doesn't seem to be part of the deal.
Jacob led classes in songs, including the "Hokey Pokey" and other classics.
The students greatly enjoyed Jacob's antics.
Herman is a graduate student at Nommensen, where we met him, and is a junior high school teacher at Methodist. He approached us almost immediately at the first workshop and asked us to visit his school. He is wearing the teacher uniform.
When students couldn't reach Jacob then they settled for talking to me.
When we first arrived at the school all the students were assembled for exercises.
With exercises concluded, all students headed quickly for their first class of the day.
The headmaster leads both the junior and senior high schools. He has two offices, probably because there are different assistants and teachers meeting rooms for each school, though the schools are in the same big building complex.
The headmaster is able to see and hear every class live via a closed circuit camera system.
This headmaster served me the only good cup of coffee I had in five weeks. Talk about a wonderful moment, it was without sugar and had all the grounds strained out. The headmaster is a graduate of Nommensen University.
Before Jacob started with the Hokey Pokey we asked the students to move their desks to make some dancing room. This was a big exciting project and I don't think they do it often.
"You put your left hand in...."
Jacob played "Oh Susanna" several times and the junior high boys were very interested.
This young man was sent as the class emissary to request our email address.
The Methodist library was quite advanced with a big computer lab/internet access point in the back. Though it didn't have a great number of books, what they did have was arranged in an attractive way to capture the attention of the students.
The first word is for "library" and the second one, I think you understand.
After a break we walked toward the stairs at one end of the complex. As we walked along the word got out that Jacob was in the courtyard and suddenly the balconies were lined with girls getting a good look at him. Many of them were calling out to him, and I thought I was escorting a rock star.
At class change following one of Jacob's performances, students press up against the windows to check out this incredible celebrity, while the students lucky enough to be in the class mob him for photos. We believe Jacob is probably featured on hundreds of Facebook profile pictures in Siantar.
Next time we will sell tickets for Jacob's appearances here. I believe we could pay for our plane tickets that way.
We retreated to the teacher room just outside of the headmaster office in order to escape the girls. But they followed.
The headmaster took us all out to KFC and ordered enough chicken to stuff everyone. He also sprung for an Oreo cookie sundae for everyone. Remember that at KFC you get the chicken along with a rice ball, wrapped up like a biscuit in America. For sauces they offer ketchup (American version) and a rather mild chili sauce (Indonesian version). A fun fact: "ketchup" in Indonesia is a really thick soy sauce. What Americans call ketchup is called Saus Tomato in Indonesia.
Jacob led classes in songs, including the "Hokey Pokey" and other classics.
The students greatly enjoyed Jacob's antics.
Herman is a graduate student at Nommensen, where we met him, and is a junior high school teacher at Methodist. He approached us almost immediately at the first workshop and asked us to visit his school. He is wearing the teacher uniform.
When students couldn't reach Jacob then they settled for talking to me.
When we first arrived at the school all the students were assembled for exercises.
With exercises concluded, all students headed quickly for their first class of the day.
The headmaster leads both the junior and senior high schools. He has two offices, probably because there are different assistants and teachers meeting rooms for each school, though the schools are in the same big building complex.
The headmaster is able to see and hear every class live via a closed circuit camera system.
This headmaster served me the only good cup of coffee I had in five weeks. Talk about a wonderful moment, it was without sugar and had all the grounds strained out. The headmaster is a graduate of Nommensen University.
Before Jacob started with the Hokey Pokey we asked the students to move their desks to make some dancing room. This was a big exciting project and I don't think they do it often.
"You put your left hand in...."
Jacob played "Oh Susanna" several times and the junior high boys were very interested.
This young man was sent as the class emissary to request our email address.
The Methodist library was quite advanced with a big computer lab/internet access point in the back. Though it didn't have a great number of books, what they did have was arranged in an attractive way to capture the attention of the students.
The first word is for "library" and the second one, I think you understand.
After a break we walked toward the stairs at one end of the complex. As we walked along the word got out that Jacob was in the courtyard and suddenly the balconies were lined with girls getting a good look at him. Many of them were calling out to him, and I thought I was escorting a rock star.
At class change following one of Jacob's performances, students press up against the windows to check out this incredible celebrity, while the students lucky enough to be in the class mob him for photos. We believe Jacob is probably featured on hundreds of Facebook profile pictures in Siantar.
Next time we will sell tickets for Jacob's appearances here. I believe we could pay for our plane tickets that way.
We retreated to the teacher room just outside of the headmaster office in order to escape the girls. But they followed.
The headmaster took us all out to KFC and ordered enough chicken to stuff everyone. He also sprung for an Oreo cookie sundae for everyone. Remember that at KFC you get the chicken along with a rice ball, wrapped up like a biscuit in America. For sauces they offer ketchup (American version) and a rather mild chili sauce (Indonesian version). A fun fact: "ketchup" in Indonesia is a really thick soy sauce. What Americans call ketchup is called Saus Tomato in Indonesia.
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