I have been in Bhutan over 2 months and here teaching for 5 weeks. Hard to believe actually. Today I was freezing cold once again. Everyone was talking about how cold it is and I was blamed for the weather, bringing it from Canada:)
People here are tough. The boys in their bare legs under the ghos, the girls in a lightweight dress with a cotton blouse under and a cotton blouse over. I had a sweater over top, which is obviously NOT part of the uniform and I am waiting to get scolded. My class 9 boys lost their basketball game against class 11 by only one point. It was cold and windy and rainy. Spectators had umbrellas, some wrapped themselves up in a player's gho. Getting ready, my players swapped their black school shoes for runner type shoes from the players who had just finished. I noticed the boys lovely black knee highs that they wear with the national dress had holes in them. I often forget that the families must be poor and are probably making significant sacrifices to get their children to school.
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