November 2008
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I Like... I Don't Like...
Yesterday in two of my classes, I had my students write lists of things they liked and didn’t like so we could then turn them into phrases and conversations. Their answers were so incredible I have to share them, I took their answers and ran them through Wordle, a website that will take text and then display words visually to show their popularity / common use. The results are…...
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National Holiday
Today is some sort of national holiday that we have yet to identify. However, it seems it’s a good one as our upstairs neighbors were up all night singing and obviously drinking the hours away… it’s almost 8am now and I can still here them stumbling around upstairs, and every few minutes a sleepy drunk voice starts belting out some song before dropping back into silence…...
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It's so dark!
So, when normally our power only goes out by building as Mongolian electrician men do whatever they do several times a week, tonight someone decided to pull the BIG plug, the Erdenet plug. At 6:00pm tonight the entire city was plunged into inky blackness and it’s now 7:00pm with no light in sight except a few flickering candles in two or three windows across the way. People outside actually...
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Belle and Boo →
Belle and Boo blogs about Edurelief Christmas cards. =)
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WatchHere’s a little video I put together for our church who is going to help us do some fundraising for our programs this winter. Thanks Kim for helping with the photos!
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“This afternoon I found a mysterious liquid on my shirt and jeans. 15 minutes...”
– Crichton (RIP)
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WatchThe story of Zayaa, another great student video by Kim. Makes me want to adopt all these students.
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US Elections Conversation #2
Jonathan: Nabagsh, the US elections finished this morning.
Nabagsh: Oh tiim yy? (Oh really?)
Jonathan: Yea, Obama won.
Nabagsh: POH! (Whoa!)
Jonathan: Yes, he's the next US president.
Nabagsh: Hoo haa! (Yahoo!)
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US Elections Conversation #1
Nabagsh: Who do you think will be president in the USA?
Jonathan: I don't know, probably Obama.
Nabagsh: Is Obama with Sarah Palin? I want Sarah Palin to be president.
Jonathan: No she's not, why do you want her to be president?
Nabagsh: Because she's beautiful.
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WatchThis is a video that Kim Bogardus, a friend of ours, filmed. Kim works for Peace Corps and this is Chinzorig, one of her students from a local public school. This student is not directly affected (yet) by Edurelief programs, but he is exactly the type of student our programs are reaching. It’s a great video and story about what it’s like to study in Mongolia and the dreams of Mongolian...
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