Marumofase High School Limpopo Reflection

Marumofase High School Limpopo Reflection

In today’s meeting, Mrs. Fazenbaker was the instructor. Today’s topics that we covered were, activities to gain trust, number of Limpopo students per writing workshop, and a discussion on mealtimes with the Limpopo students. The first topic we reviewed were activities to gain trust and how to approach, act, and react with the Limpopo students. We will apply the techniques taught by a member from “The Theater of the Oppressed” to interact with the students. Second topic was the number of students per writing workshop. We collectively decided as a group, that two AISJ students would teach six Limpopo students. This is the preliminary plan. Mrs. Fazenbaker will be contacting the Marumofase High School in order to determine the exact number of students so we can plan accordingly. The students that have been chosen from Marumofase High School are first-generation children of freed slaves; they will each have the opportunity to use their creative writing skills to express themselves on this topic. The AISJ students’ roles will be to proofread, edit, and revise the students’ stories. The final product will be a collection of stories from each student into a published book. The third topic discussed was mealtimes with the Limpopo students. We as a group felt that we wanted the Limpopo students to feel accepted and part of our group to partake in mealtimes. This would allow us to have conversation, get to know one another, and learn of their families, school, and hobbies. On the other hand, they would have the opportunity to ask us the same questions or whatever their curious about. In conclusion, we meet again next week. We will finalize our plans on building trust amongst the Marumofase High School students and AISJ students.