I woke up an American today.

I got shit done at the center despite an entire cultural influence working against me. It doesn’t matter that Simon and I later discussed the infeasibility of what it was that we wanted to do at the center, which was create an informal school so as to save on formal school fees for a majority of our children. Schools don’t carry the same connotation as they do in the states, money does not equal a quality education. The same could be argued for some schools in the US as well, but here you have to break the bank in order to get into a decent school. In any case I convinced the program director to let us do a preliminary study on the feasibility of the idea, which was a feat in and of itself. Sadly, I think, it was all for naught as it wouldn’t be cost effective unless we found at least 4 full time teachers willing to work for free :( I like my odds of getting attacked by a polar bear better.