Settling in
After a few weeks in Cameroon, things are starting to settle. The first week or two was a huge physical shock with the heat, noise and intensity. But we are starting to adjust and feel a little more at home here now. I have started teaching, and it is going pretty well so far. My classes are even bigger than they were in Tanzania (over 100 students) so it is a challenge to create a lesson plan that works and keeps everyone engaged. From my initial classes and exercises, I can already see that they have a much higher level of writing and reading than speaking and hearing. (There is a culture of lectures and exams, but not much interaction). I'm really hoping to work on that, but it is going to be quite a challenge with 100 students in a class! I also started my data science classes. These are much smaller, which I appreciate, but there I have a new challenge: I teach in French! So this immersion thing is really happ...