Classified. Nobody works here on Sunday – well I’ve
got marking and reading to do. I spent a good few hours with Ben Rowe
yesterday. I felt real admiration for him because he’s built his own “long –
liner ’67 mostly on his own; for fishing purposes mainly. He’s been on the boat
for about four years now. He is quite intelligent. I enjoyed talking with him.
Apparently Sheila and Verity (past volunteers) spent most of their time in his house.
I must visit them soon.
Claude’s rhetorical speech makes him appear ridiculous at times to
me. He is a good enough bloke though. I heard from Rev. Lewis that Alex is to
be sent home by Christmas, which is very hard luck on him. I was down at Ben’s place
last night from
Over half of these kids need to be taught how to work! Yesterday I
received multi-vitamins, newspaper and biros from home.
I am finding discipline the biggest problem with the kids because
it takes me too long to get round all the different Grades and I think I am too
kind with them. Two more families came in today from their summer fishing
settlement which means an even bigger class. Apparently the kids were really
rough last year with one kid stabbing another. I don’t know how much I am going
to like teaching here. I’ll be able to better judge at the end of the year. The
environment, attitudes etc. are so different from
It’s also remarkable how quickly the weather changes here. Winter’s
setting in now. I am just back from Stephen and Sandra Cook’s house
(Pentecostal Principal) after receiving an invitation for Sunday dinner and
tea.
New toilets are going up near our School. Tide washed? Ice? Foul? I
was freezing cold when I woke up again this morning after being down at Ben’s
last night. There was quite a heavy snowfall yesterday morning. It’s cold but
not snowing this morning. The mail boat is due this Saturday which probably
means Sunday or Monday!
The “SS Bonavista” did arrive this Saturday morning at about
7.00a.m.after all. It had to wait for daylight before navigating the stretch of
water known as “The Tickle”. I opened the local dance last night where
fisticuffs was brewing but didn’t come to anything. Clive arrived last night
but had to return at about