Earlier today we had the opportunity to go on a field trip with the children we teach at the monastic school. About 45 students and 8 teachers piled into a large jeepney (called linecars in Burma) to take us to The City Park. When I first heard mention of the possibility to go to the city park I imagined most parks back home, wide open grassy spaced lined with trees and possibly a football/soccer/baseball field or two. This was so not the park we went to.
The park we visited was a mini-amusement park with a complete set of carnival rides. There was the bumper cars, a large swinging Viking ship, a large ferris wheel, two small roller coasters and a few others. The principal of the school was nice enough to provide us with the transportation and 10,000 Kyat to pay for some rides. This was enough for the children to go on 2 rides: the bumper cars and one of the roller coasters. They had a ball on the bumper cars, though they had a hard time functioning them. Their reactions were quite the opposite on the roller coaster. I thought they'd be much like me (a lover of roller coasters) but I was so wrong! The roller coaster was very small and so each ride consists of 2-3 turns but the way the ride is built the coaster stops between each round. Just before the first batch of students was about to go on their second trip around there was a huge outcry from about 1/2 of them, "Finish!" It was clear they did not have fun on the coaster and were not pleased to be having another go.
We spent the rest of the day walking around so the kids could see the rides they were missing, singing English children's songs and trying to have a nap time. A few of the students grappled for our attentions, but most of them basically ignored us. They were a lot of fun to watch, however and it was a nice day out.
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