Pool in Palestine

It can be hard to make an update every day here - when I'm not very busy, there's more than a little down time when I'm not doing much at all.

I'm teaching an English class to some Palestinians - the class varies, usually we have around 5 people who come. It can be a challenge teaching because I've never taught before and the English capacity of the students ranges from very limited to more advanced. Thankfully a fellow coworker has stepped up and is helping, so we can split the class according to ability.

After class, one of the students invited us to his house for tea, and then we shot some pool. It had been ages since I'd shot pool last, so it was a lot of fun. I'll only be teaching another week and a half of classes, but it's been a good experience.

On a more serious note, there was another protest this past weekend in Beit Ommar. The military was very aggressive, and I got pushed around more than a little. It's tough trying to hold a camera while a soldier's in your face. I did a good job filming though. Media work scares me because you need to be up front in the action, and need to relatively close, which means that you put yourself at risk of arrest without being as liquid as other folks in the protest. But, I survived!