aaaand was happen?

Well, its been a bit hectic 'round these parts the last few weeks. School ended this last week and we had prize giving last Thursday. In samoa they do prize giving as a sort of graduation in all the schools. The top 3 kids in each grad get prizes that usually consist of pots and pans for their families...that is unless the kid is in one of my reading groups. Thanks to mom and grandma, the top kids in my classes got candy, stickers, and books. Which I was extremely excited about, forgetting that in Samoa no one person owns anything, but the family owns everything. Therefore, when you give a child a present they turn around and give it to their parents who do whatever they see fit with it...It is a beautiful custom in many ways because I always see the kids sharing everything they have, but when you make presents specifically for certain children...anyway...it was great
After prize giving all the teachers went back to the office and divided up the mea alofa (gifts) from the parents i.e. money and tinned fish. Then we all thanked eachother for a wonderful year and i apologized for being a stupid palagi (white person) and we laughed and cried and hugged and then went home and passed out...
Well i was going to write you all a list of all the books i have read over the past year in samoa but then i realized i was hungry and there is a fish burger down the street calling my name. so more to come..