Kindergarten Comments

by Amy

Today when I picked Savannah up from school, all of the students were drawing a picture. The teacher often gives them a drawing assignment, therefore everyone is supposed to draw the same thing. When Savannah saw me she quickly showed me her picture of what looked a lot like a local temple. Then she said, "This is where people worship idols." When I asked her why she chose to draw that, she responded, "My teacher told me to!" Later, when we were telling Brad about school today she said that she started to draw our family outside the temple, but then realized that's where people worship idols and our family doesn't do that....so she drew a snowman instead. Smart thinking! Often a lesson accompanies their drawing assignment, so when we asked her about the lesson, (wondering if she was encouraged to worship idols) she said she didn't understand it. "It was all in **our local language** and my teacher didn't say one word of English." Well, that prompted Brad to ask if her teacher usually speaks English. "No," she said, "she sometimes says, 'Close your mouth!'" So, I guess Savannah is showing her true colors at school now, and being her chatty, friendly self! I just wonder what she's saying and who understands her!