This morning Bob and I were picked up at 10:30 a.m. for a brief ride to the public/private school where Jaya teaches. The building is so colorful both outside and inside and since the students are in their last week of school for term, the oldest of the students, 9th graders, are in the process of writing their term-end exams. Jaya gave us a tour of the school, asked us to meet with the school principal and the owner of the school which is franchise operation with schools in Delhi as well as one in Amritsar.
After the tour, I had the opportunity to talk with about 20 of the teachers about three things--teachers as leaders, culturally-relevant teaching, and the findings from a study I conducted with secondary teachers in two cities in India a few years ago.
After the workshop, the school director provided us with lunch and a gorgeous gift--an etching in gold leaf of the Golden Temple!
We did visit the Golden Temple as well today...walking about .5 mile barefoot from the place we checked our shoes and socks. The line to enter the temple lasted 30 minutes and our time within the temple itself was quite short. Even the fish in the large pool where the temple was built are gold!
All in all, it was quite an experience. We walked, talked, and observed quite a lot.
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So glad you two are having a good time!
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