The One With Kafule’s Current Copy Machine (4/27/2013)

First of all, I want to say thank you to everyone who has already donated money towards the solar equipment for Kafule. Dahlia and I are getting really close to our goal.  I told our school second master, Mwakatoga, how much we have raised so far and he started jumping up and down and then proceeded to run out of the room saying, “I have to tell the headmaster! I have to tell the headmaster!”   

I took a picture of one of my exams that was copied on our current copy machine.  One of my biggest teaching frustrations here is that students will often get test questions wrong, not because they did not know the answer, but because their copy of the test was too hard to read.  There is always one master copy that the students can reference, but this copy is shared between 3 classrooms and 150 students and, because of the time limits on the exams, not every student is able to look over the master copy.  With the new solar equipment that we plan to buy the school will be able to power a copy machine that will provide midterm and final exams that are legible.  There is still time to donate (the deadline has been extended to May 4).  See http://www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/CarlySpoor-1/Tanzania2013 for more information if you are interested!