I also read about the problems in education here. Many people believe it's the root problem to many of Nepal's other problems. Very little of the international budget goes towards education, and many teachers are untrained. They teach by memorization, and thus the material has very little meaning to students. Many schools don't have any materials to teach with, or even basic facilities like toilets. Often times without toilets, many girls drop out of school. Girls also frequently drop out of school due to child marriage (though, that's more common in very rural areas in the western region). Soon I'll start interviewing teachers and students wherever I travel to learn more about the different problems Nepal's education system has!
We did a few crosswords in Devanagari, which is the script Nepali is written in, to practice our vocabulary and writing skills. We also tried to play hangman in Devanagari; however, it was very difficult and confusing! In the Nepali alphabet, all consonants end in "a" like ka, la, ma, etc., and then the consonant has additional markings if a different vowel follows it like ke, ki, ko, etc. So playing hangman is quite tricky because each of those sounds (ke, ki, ko, ka, etc.) are all different, single letters. This means that there are as many letters to guess as sounds that can be made in the language!
Otherwise, we haven't played any sports.
