It’s my last week and I’m giving the exams for four out of six classes–two are speech oriented and will be mostly an average of their performance on the speeches given. The last two weekends have been spent with groups of students having a field trip to the beach. We played games, ate lots of food, and had a grand old time.
I must say that I shed a few tears when they put gave me a parting gift. I’ve gotten to know these kids over the last two semesters pretty well and it’s going to be hard to leave Aceh.
For now, I’ll be busy grading and packing up. Then a few days in Jakarta before traveling to Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam, starting 1 July. After that, back to Jakarta to pick up my bountiful luggage and hitch a ride back to the US. It’s going to be the icing on some really good cake.