Thai and Art Classes

Music is a great way to use in teaching so in order to introduce a video on poverty and the idea about Basic Income Guarantee, this teacher decided to use his singing and guitar playing skills. He doesn’t have any. And the guitar has only got four strings.

The video can be seen online and is called “Poverty isn’t a lack of character, it’s a lack of cash”. During and after the video the students and teacher discussed many things around poverty and ways to solve it. While the video and the vocabulary added challenges to the lessons, that class was very attentive and contributed widely to the lessons.

More a poser than a guitar player.

Captivated audience.

The 15 minute video was shown during three 2 hour classes.

This Saturday students were invited to come to ESC to paint the school. Not the wall, but to create water colours of the compound. While everyday this week had heavy rains, it was hoped that like other days the rains would wait for the afternoon, and they did.

The materials for the art day.

Saya ‘Golden’ San Win explains what is expected.

Aung Kyaw and Poe Thoo sit at the corner fo the badminton court.

Ever the teacher, San Win shows Nyi Nyi Khaing were to look.

Ta Yoke seeks it higher up.

Saya Peacock has yet another viewpoint.

Myat No sit relaxed while Saya Marco sits like an artist. Will his painting match that pose?

The most gifted of the students.

Before paint comes the sketch.

Sitting side by side, as always.

Poe Thoo enjoys the sun.

Aung Kyaw is the new teacher at PAB and is available at ESC too, welcome.

About 10 students showed up and together with teachers and staff, and two students from the high school, there were around 15 artists who all looked at the school from different vantage points.

Of course snacks were provided, this time the samosa’s and ee kya kway from San Lin, a former ESC students who provides these snacks every day in several tea shops.

Some artists are hungrier than other artists.

Some don’t have time to eat.

Some are too concentrated.

The result of the day’s efforts can be seen below, and their English skills are as good as their creative ones.

This week also saw the return of the prodigal son, and from Monday onwards Teacher Marco will front the class again. He joined the Thai class on Friday and was a patient painter on Saturday.

After the art class we seeded the raised bed for teacher Marco, so pretty soon he is totally self sufficient.

The raised bed where Marco’s food will soon blossom.

Expert hands put the seeds in the soil.

In the meantime we hear that Saya Ma Wah Wah Htoo Say is doing well in Yangon and her children have joined school over there.