A Local Wat School

We went to a local wat school today with an old high school classmate who has retired about fifteen minutes from where we live. Wat schools are public schools for the super poor. They are run by the local Buddhist wats and usually take in students from families who cannot send their kids to a regular public school.

We had a great time teaching them a little English and just visiting and joking with the kids. About half the school went on a field trip, so we only saw the 4th grade. My friend teaches as a volunteer at the school once a week.

We plan to take them about five Mac computers to use next week. We will set the computers up and provide hundreds of appropriate software for the kids to use. I have been collecting software since 1985, so this is what I was collecting it for. We are looking forward to visiting the school again.




The kids put on a Thai Classical musical show for us just before we left. It was superb!