This past weekend I took a trip with the high school basketball team to a nearby village. They needed a chaperon because the coach is not a certified teacher and all trips like this require the presence of a teacher.
These gatherings work like this: 4-5 nearby villages get together in one spot for a series of games that last for about 24 hours. I'm going to keep this relatively brief because I talk about the trip on Every Atom #2 (which is nearing completion and should be out by the end of the week).
Here's a brief time line:
Friday:
10:00 - We're informed that the plane is on the way to pick us up. We get our gear on (all students are required to wear snow pants, boots and a coat on the plane). We pile into the snow machine sled and are dragged to the airstrip by Our Fearless Leader. A visiting junior high basketball team deplanes and then we pile in.
10:30 - We're in the air.
10:45 - We do roller coaster and I curse loudly enough for the nearest student to hear me. He laughs.
11:10 - We land.
11:15 -1:30 - We hang out at the school waiting for the school day to end. We go to the store which is much bigger than the store in our village (they have Fair Trade coffee and organic pasta & tea). The kids are fed lunch and we get assigned a classroom to stay in. Games start at 1:30.
1:30 - 10:00 - Games are played with a dinner break and then bed.
Saturday
8:15 - 9:30 - Wake up, breakfast, prep for games.
9:30 - 11:00 - Two more games.
11:30 - 12:00 - Board plane, fly to The Village (no roller coaster this time), arrive home.
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