Profound insights are probably what you expect, but I’m afraid you’ll have to wait a bit longer.
Being in Greg's class today went well. A few students asked me again how long I’m staying, which either shows they didn’t understand before or they can’t believe it. There is lots they don’t understand and Greg does a great job of explaining and acting it out, and also speaking to them in Arabic! Today he even understood what they were saying in Turkish.
We have students from Syria, Iraq, Morocco, Afghanistan, Tunisia, and Turkey. Many cannot understand the others! Today’s reading was about getting and setting up a new computer. It was challenging!
Here Greg is talking with Ghassan. He is our oldest student. Students come to Greg with many problems unrelated to class. Today a middle-aged woman begged him to call the authorities. She showed him the letter that told her to report to a place to schedule integration classes. She wanted him to call for a closer place. He checked it on google maps and showed her it was an easy, short streetcar ride. By her reaction I could tell she hasn’t ever taken the streetcar by herself. Greg offered to go with her. In the break I asked if I could take his place. By the end of class she’d found out her husband would go with her on Monday. If she doesn’t take a certain number of class hours her living allowance from the government will drop substantially.
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