Jeff's Cheese Sandwich

This morning was our first day at Cloetesville Secondary School. Jeff, Kate, and I all got to experience the different atmosphere at a school here in South Africa. There are a few differences between SA and America. For example: the students line up outside the classroom (boys in one line and girls in the other) the teacher then walks outside to let the students into the room where they remain standing until the teacher says "good morning class", the students then say "good morning mister or misters or misses". This formality exists during class as well, the students do not speak unless given instruction to do so. Only the teacher speaks until questions are asked during class. This is much different than the United States (in most cases). I met a few extremely nice teachers at the school and was greeted with many welcomes from the staff. One funny thing that happened today was while Jeff, Kate, and I were sitting in the teacher's lounge waiting to head to the classroom. Jeff was very excite about his sandwich for lunch because his roommates made it for him. However, he never looked at it before he left his home this morning. So, when he opened his lunch and found two slabs of bread with one slice of cheese covering 1/3 of the sandwich I saw the saddest look imaginable come across his face. As for the rest of today, I will be hanging out in the village for a few more minutes and then proceed to eat dinner with the entire group around 7 PM tonight. I do not have much more time, so I hope all is well in the US!