Hello Montana

This will probably be a super long entry because in our
country greetings are very important. After seeing the
picture of your class together we decided to send you
a picture of our 9^th grade English class and greet you
and introduce ourselves.
English is the national language in Namibia but for us
it is really a second language. We all have our tribal
birth languages that we use all the time.
So let's start the introductions.

Hi to you all;
My name is Simijon Mpepo. I am a boy and I like
singing and reading and dislike fighting. My plans
are to become an electrical engineer and study in
America.

Hi;
My name is Filomine Ndjamba. I am 16 and a girl.
I would like a friend in America and my favorite subjects
are physical science and life science. I like reading and
watching TV.

Hi;
My name is Zitha Lhalunga. I am 16 and a grade 9
learner. I like cultural dancing and I dislike fighting.
I'm just a friendly person and I go to church every
Sunday. I like school because it is a key to my life.
I love u all. Enjoy your day and have good luck for
the rest of your lives.

Hi;
I am Susana, 16 and my hobby is playing netball.
I would like to be a business person because I use to
perform well in entrepreneurship. I like it and it
interests me. I would like to visit America to learn
how you live there.

Hi;
My name is Reginah, I'm 15 years old. I like playing
netball, listening to music. My favorite subjects are
life science, physical science, English and agriculture.
My hobbies are singing and dancing to music. My
favorite fruit are banana, apple and mango. I am a
person who likes school.

Hi;
I am Joseph Petrus a boy 20 years old. I am of the Khwe
tribe and I speak the Khwedam language. The Khwe are
people from the San (Bushmen) tribes.

Hi;
I'm Frans Eke Jackson. I am a San/Khwe speaking boy.
My plan is to finish school so I can have a better life.

Hi;
My name is Michael. My best subject is math, I enjoy
it so much. In school we read near every week a novel.
We play soccer every Wednesday. The weather is hot
in the day and warm in the evening.

Hi;
My name is Johanna Ndjamba. I am person who likes
singing and playing netball. I like singing very much and
dislike fighting and being upset from school. I like school
very much because I want to learn. I am very happy
because the learners in America are going to see the
grade us 9 learners at the Omega Combined School.

Hi;
I am Felistas Kutero. I am 16 years old. I like playing
netball and watch soccer. I dislike fighting. I live in the
west of Namibia and I am Mbukushu gal. I would like
to study in America. My favorite subjects are English,
math and physical science. Our country is in the rainy
season but it is hot. What about your country now, is
it hot or cool?

Hi;
I am Nduna Tsupa. I am a Khwe speaking girl and
I am 19 years old. I am good at reading English books
and writing poems and stories. I like dancing our
cultural dances. I don't like people to be jealous of
somebody's things. I am an orphan and struggling
to survive.

Hai;
How are you doing over there in your country? I am
Anitha Rionc Lainda. I am very proud of you American
people and want to go there to see how that country
looks like and see the conditions were you live. I am
a Khwe speaking learner and I involve myself in many
things. For example, Cultural dancing, playing netball,
watching movies and reading stories. And also we
used to challenge other schools in debating, composition
and sports like netball, spelling bees and soccer.
Namibia is a very nice country and it's got lots of
different animals like elephants, kudus, ostrich, lions,
cheetahs, hyenas and more. I like my country it is
nice and has good conditions and land to live on.
I have some questions for you.
First: How is the conditions all about where you are now?
Second: How many learners are there at your school?
Third: Who is the President of your country?

Hi:
My name is Elina Maruta a girl 18 years old. I am
from Chetto situated in the Caprivi Region. I am a
San speaking girl. I am brown in complexion, fat
and short. My best hobbies are reading books,
watching movies and playing netball. I dislike
athletics because I'm fat and I can't manage to run.
I'm so excited to learn more from others because
I need to know what is in and what is out of our
country. I'm looking forward to learn.

A big hello everyone, this is Rosemary and I am
glad to hear that you have homecomings. In our
country we have what we call home weekend. On
this day everyone is allowed to wear any type of
clothes they feel like but we have to pay $1 Namibian
dollar as a sort of fine. I've seen the picture of your
grade 10 English class, it is lovely and the appearance
of your area looks good and clean. We are learning
Thimbukushu and English languages at our school
but many people here speak different languages.
My tribal language is Subia but I am also learning
Thimbukushu. We have many different cultures in
Namibia. We have the Khwe culture, Mbukushu,
Subia, Silozi, Herero, Damara, Himba and many
others. The Khwe people wear animals hides when
they go to cultural dance competitions.
We have sports every week Wednesday but it is
seasonal. We do athletics early in January and then
we do sports and culture in August. We also have a
debate club and we debate once a week. I don't
know if you have a debate club too at your school?
It is hot here but it is green everywhere. Our schools
looks good right now because of the vegetation.
Right now I am in class reading a novel. I enjoy
reading books, telling stories and watching television.
These are my best hobbies but the problem is that
our library is very small and so we have few
resources to use.
I have a question for you. Which month does it
start raining in your country?

Montana, America

Hello Rosemary! Thanks for posting! We are also excited to learn more about your country and culture. This week is our Homecoming week... it is difficult to explain it but basically we show our school spirit by dressing up as different things and then we have a big parade on Friday, a football game and then a dance. I don't know if they have "Homecomings" in other countries or if this is an American tradition?

We will post some pictures of our school and the area next week. It is fall here so the leaves are changing and it is starting to rain more and become colder. For now, here is a picture of our 10th grade English class. We have a couple of questions for you...

What is the weather like where you are right now? What are you reading in/out of school right now? And finally, what do you like to do for fun?

Hi from Namibia

Hello everybody out there. How is the weather
there? I hope you are alright.
My name is Rosemary, I come from Impalila and
I'm Schooling at Omega Combined School in the
Kavango region which is one of the regions
in Namibia.
I would like to tell you more about Namibia. Namibia
is a very nice country and the region we are in is
full of trees. The weather is too hot, anyways, it's not
a big problem.
Right now we are in English class and we are reading,
it's going well.
There are many schools here. We do three national exams
in a year and right now grade 10 is busy writing their final
exams.
The most thing I like about Namibia is that everybody has
their own rights, so we do what we think is right for us.
I would love to visit America some day with my friend
Martha because it seems like a nice place.
Namibia is still developing so I wish to come there and
see how developed America is.
I also want to learn about other countries outside Namibia
because we live differently, so I want to know the kind of
life you live in America.
Our teacher also asked us to learn other cultures because
sometimes different cultures cause conflicts.
I look forward to hear more from you. Wish you good luck
in everything you do.
Pictures are needed, to be sent soon.

Rosemary

Hello Pando People

A big hello to everyone and a big hello to Martha from the United States. We live in the northwest corner of Troy, Montana in a small, quite, peaceful town. Our nearby mine supplies the little income we get. There are only two schools here. Most people enjoy sports, hunting and being outside. The town of Troy is surrounded by rivers and mountains.

Our English class is excited to hear more about life in other countries. We hope to get to know life outside of America. Our teacher has asked us to take turns writing on this blog so that each every other week a different student is highlighted. Right now in English class we are reading Hamlet... what are you doing?

Looking forward to learning more, Troy Sophomore (10th grade) English class
Pictures soon to come as well!