Its the first day of volunteer work at the Unique Christianville Educational Institute and the school's director/principal gave us a quick tour of the school. The students of the first classroom we visited stood and welcomed us as soon as we entered. I was pleasantly suprised as students in Trinidad and Tobago only do this type of greeting when prompted to. Samantha and I worked with a first year class that greeted us in a similar fashion and they also taught us a few songs such as The Three Fishermen.
In the afternoon we had a Living Spaces workshop with Dr. Michael whereby we watched a documentary called Tales of the Front Room and shared stories about items from our living spaces. All the stories shared were different, but they all involved our family. This associated appreciation of our family with items from our living spaces may be a common appreciation we share with each other within the african diaspora.
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