Vi har i denne uge engelsk-emneuge på skolen. Det har krævet meget energi og tid at planlægge, da vi selv står for den, men den har også været rigtig sjov. I dag lavede vi amerikanske chocolate chip cookies mhhh Vi har inviteret forældrene til i morgen for at spise småkagerne og se hvad deres børn har arbejdet med. Derudover var der indskrivning af den nye første klasse, bestående af to piger, i dag. En lærer fortalte, at skolen i 1987, da hun startede, bestod af over 60 elever, men mange er flyttet fra bygden og der er ikke længere mange børn, som bliver født her. Halvdelen af bygden tog med på skolen, hvor pigerne skulle lave en lille opgave og fik deres første skolehæfte, samt et æble og blyanter som gave. :-)
I eftermiddags havde jeg brug for at gå en tur, selvom det er mærkeligt ikke at have hund med. Når man går tur her, kan man se, hvad folk har fanget for nylig, da fangsten plejer at blive tørret udenfor husene. Sælskindende, som havde været her de sidste uger, var fjernet i dag, men jeg så eksempelvis tørret torsk, som spises med sæl- eller hvalfedt. Dette har jeg prøvet i min første uge heroppe. Konklusionen: Sælfedt smager bedre end hvalfedt! :D Derudover er der desværre mange gamle, tomme huse (15-20), pga. fraflytningen fra bygderne til byerne. Og så er der lossepladsen, samt forbrændingsanlæg. Den ser ikke så slem ud, som den i Itseqqortoormiit (til dem der har set 'Anders Lund Madsen i den yderste by'). Det er fordi vores toiletposer bliver samlet ved havnen, så skæres der et hul i for at væsken kan løbe ud og så forbrændes det. Så besøgte jeg Tele, en af mine kursister, i 'Pilersuisoq', hvor han arbejder. Han arbejder ikke i købmanden, men i afdelingen ved havnen, der har møbler, fiske- og jagtudstyr, maling osv. På billedet står han lige foran riflerne, som også kan købes her. Priserne fra under 2.000 kr. op til 6.000 kr.
A walk in the snow
This week
we have ’English-topic-week’ at school. That has been taking up a lot of energy
and time to plan, because we are responsible for it, but it has also been very
fun. Today we made American chocolate chip cookies yuuuuuumm! We have invited
the parents for tomorrow to eat cookies and see what their children have been
working with. Also, today was sign-up day for the new first grade, consisting of
two girls. Another teacher told me that there were over 60 students at the
school in 1987 when she started here. But many people have moved and birth rate
is not very high in the settlement. But half of the settlement came to the
school to see the ceremony today. The girls had to do a little task and got
their very first notebook, an apple and pencils. :-)
This afternoon I needed to get out and go for a walk, eventhough that
felt a bit strange without a dog on my side. When you go for walks here,
you can always see people's latest catch, because they hang it outside
to dry. The seal skins that were next to the 'Service House' the last
weeks were gone today, but I saw a lot of dried cod, which is eaten with
seal or whale fat. I tried that during my first week here. Conclusion:
Seal fat is much better than whale fat! :D Also, there are many old,
emty houses (15-20), because of 'urbanization' from settlements to
towns. There is also the junkyard as well as the local incinerator. It's
not as bad as in some other Greenlandic settlements, because our
toiletbags get collected by the sea, then they cut a whole in them to
let the liquid run out and then they get burned (send me a mail for more
detailed info hahaha). Then I visited Tele, one of my evening students,
at 'Pilersuisoq', where he works. He doesn't work in the grocery store,
but in the department by the harbour that sells furniture, hunting and
fishing gear, paint and so on. On the picture he stands right in front
of the rifles, which can be bought here, too. Prices from under 2.000
kr. ($300) up to 6.000 kr. ($900).
Dagen begyndte kl. 7.30 med en
dejlig solopgang. Det er urtroligt hvor meget lys der er begyndt at være. I dag
var det månedens ’fredagsmarket’ på skolen. I går brugte vi hele skoledagen på
at lave kager, slik pinde med figner og ’grønlandsk karamel’. I dag lavede vi varm
mad og inrettede lokalerne. Børne opdragelse er meget anderledes her og
den kan gøre det rigtig svært at få eleverne til at lave noget, som de ikke har
lyst til. Så jeg var positivt overrasket, at vi alligevel nåede at blive klar
til at tage imod næsten hele bygden fra kl. 12-13. Mens alle stod i kø for at
sikre sig noget lækker mad, skyndede jeg mig til håndværks boden for at købe
æsken, som eleverne havde lavet til mig i billedkunst-undervisningen. Det tyske
flag er også næsten rigtigt. :-D Men
det var en meget sød gestus. Derudover kunne man købe gamle bøger, aviser
og blade. Blandt eleverne var der konkurrence om hvilket hold solgte mest; jeg
tror kaffe og kage holdet vandt... Dagens highlight var at til fælles tælle
pengene, som går til skolefonden. 
Today started at 7.30am with a beautiful
sunrise. Unbelievable how many light hours we have gotten since we came here.
Today was the monthly ‘Friday market’ at the school. Yesterday we made cakes,
popsicles with figs and Greenlandic caramel and today we prepared warm meals
and rearranged the rooms. Child-rearing is quite different in Greenland,
which usually makes it very difficult to get the children to do something they
don’t want to. So I was positively surprised to see that we managed to get ready
in time. From 12-1pm almost the whole settlement came over to buy food and
crafts. The kids were very hardworking and made many different things in art
class. I was kinda forced to buy a little box that they had made for me. The
German flag is almost correct :-D
But they tried and it was very sweet of them! You could also buy old books,
newspapers and magazines. Amongst the children there was a competition on which
group would sell the most. I think coffee and cake won… The highlight of the
day was to count the money, which will go to the school fond.
