{"id":17990,"date":"2019-12-03T13:12:22","date_gmt":"2019-12-03T07:42:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/?p=17990"},"modified":"2019-12-03T13:12:24","modified_gmt":"2019-12-03T07:42:24","slug":"my-experiences-in-india-miriam-seffers-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/my-experiences-in-india-miriam-seffers-germany\/","title":{"rendered":"My Experiences in India \u2013 Miriam Seffers, Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I am in India for 3 months and I want to report about my\nexperiences here. My project is to teach English in the Government Higher\nPrimary School, Anagalli. There are only 50 students and 3 other teachers. My\ndaily work starts at 9:30 am and is finished at 3:30 pm. All come together for\nprayer before the lessons start. After that, I teach Nalli Kalli (1st-3rd Standards)\nand 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th Standards. We sing English songs, or play games\ntogether. I also teach them simple vocabulary and simple grammar. It is a great\npleasure to teach the children. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I eat lunch in school and I prepare lessons, or learn some\nKannada vocabulary if I have free time. I sometimes have difficulties because\nof the language barrier. Especially, Nalli Kalli is difficult to teach because\nthe children cannot speak English, and the class is kind of chaotic. So, it is\ndifficult to control them. But nevertheless, the atmosphere in my project is\nvery nice and I have a lot of fun with the children while teaching. I really\nlike to work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I live in a host family in Anagalli. My family consists\nof mother, father, sister, 2 brothers, grandmother and an uncle. Some of the\nmembers work most of the time, far away. The beautiful house of my host family\nis nearby the river. I like that very much. My host family is very kind and I like\nto live together with them. I learn a lot about the Hindu way of life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There are difficulties because of cultural differences in\nsome situations. I do not understand some traditions. But I think it is normal\nif you live on the other side of the world. So, it is not too big a problem for\nme. Most of the family members cannot speak English and so, I have sometimes\nproblems to communicate with them. But my host sister is 25 years old and\nspeaks English very well. I have a really good relationship with her. My host\nsister teaches me Yoga and I teach her Kickboxing. That is always a lot of fun.\nAll in all, I am very happy in my host family!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I am satisfied with the organisation FSL India. The\nOrientation week was very helpful, and I learned a lot about the Indian\nlifestyle. In addition, I had a lot of fun with the other volunteers. So, it\nwas a great start in India. My local coordinator is Mayur. He visits me every\nmonth, and helps me if I have any questions. The only negative fact is that we\ndo not have the possibility to go to a Kannada class. It is very difficult to\nlearn Kannada by myself. I try, but it does not work that good. The language is\ncompletely different to European languages. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In my free time, I do Yoga and Kickboxing with my host\nsister as I said, go to Kundapur, read books, learn Kannada vocabulary or Skype\nwith my friends, or my family. I am going to start to go to a dance class for Bollywood\ndance next week. I am looking forward to learn some Indian style dances. I\nspend my weekends with my friends – other volunteers. We meet up at Kundapur,\nor we travel. We have always a great time together! I am so happy to have good\nfriends here. We support each other if someone has problems in their host\nfamily or project. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What about India? I heard a lot of prejudices before I\nwas coming to India. Some people said to me that I should not go to India\nbecause it is too dangerous for a woman. Nevertheless, I choose India and I am\nreally happy about this decision. Yes, there are difficulties for a woman and\nthe inequality is a big problem in India. I do not want to ignore that. But it\nis not dangerous for me to live here. I feel very safe and India is a great\nplace to be! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

India is very coulourful, chaotic and fascinating. The\npeople are so kind! The Hindu influence makes it really interesting to get know\nthe Indian culture. I like to visit temples with my host sister. She explains the\nreligious background of the ceremonies to me and I learn a lot about Hinduism.\nIn addition, the festival culture is a big deal in India. I am really happy\nthat I can have the experience to celebrate all these festivals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I celebrated Independence Day, Sri Krishna, Ganesha Chaturthi,\nGandhi’s Birthday, Dasara and Deepavali. I celebrated the Hindu festivals with\nmy host family, in big cities and the national festivals, which are celebrated\nin school. It was always a wonderful feeling to be part of the Indian festival\nculture. I am really thankful for this experience. In conclusion, I really like\nto learn a lot about the Indian culture and I am unbelievably happy to live\nhere, and to make all these great experiences. I am looking forward to the next\n6 months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am in India for 3 months and I want to report about my experiences here. My project is to teach English in the Government Higher Primary School, Anagalli. There are only 50 students and 3 other teachers. My daily work starts at 9:30 am and is finished at 3:30 pm. All come together for prayer before the lessons start. After that, I teach Nalli Kalli (1st-3rd Standards) and 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th Standards. We sing English songs, or…<\/p>\n

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