Wan Wai Kruu: A Day to Honor Teachers

Teachers are among the most respected professionals in Thailand. Every school year, there is a day called Wan Wai Kruu, which loosely translates and “Day to Pay Respect to Teachers.” The students spend days practicing, preparing the school grounds and creating the small offerings they give. On Wan Wai Kruu, the students gather in an assembly, and each student, class by class, comes up to the teachers on stage, kneels and wais to the teachers. They give them the flower offerings they prepared and the teachers give them blessings and encouragement for the coming school year. Check out the video to see what Wan Wai Kruu looked like at my school this year.

Graduation and Welcoming Ceremony

After swearing in, we newly minted volunteers got right down to business with the Counterpart Conference. We spent the next couple days getting to know our counterparts a little bit better, communicating our expectations of each other, getting on the same page as far as Peace Corps policy and for the TCCS volunteers figuring out what co-teaching and lesson planning together meant in real time. more “Graduation and Welcoming Ceremony”

Peace Corps Pre-Service Training: English Camp

I’m super behind on blogging, but I had no Internet at my house and the Internet at the library was often overloaded with other volunteers in the same situation as me. Short update: I’ve officially been sworn in as a Peace Corps Volunteer and I am at my site. But I’m going to keep this chronological and get you lovely readers up to speed that way. Also check out the Thai Theater post, as I have added pictures. more “Peace Corps Pre-Service Training: English Camp”