I found out how medical insurance is here. Teachers get five flights to Anchorage a year for the sole purpose of seeing a doctor. So if you get really sick, you can fly out for free. Or if you need a check up, you fly for free.
Basketball is the main sport here and the school even won a state championship two years ago. But consider this. To play other schools, the entire team if flown to the different schools. So probably two airplanes per out of school game. That has to be expensive. No new computers for years but plane rides for sports. Unsure what I think of that. It is good for kids to be involved in stuff like sports, but other areas of the school lack funding. There are no arts or music. Not enough school supplies. But there is no alternative for schools to play each other. Soon even the barges will be unable to come. Oh, and kids do not buy their own school supplies. Teachers have to give kids pencils, paper, everything. None of it leaves the room though except pencils which are always lost. Kids cannot even take books home. So there is no back to school shopping for kids. This is why me and my boyfriend bought a massive amount of school supplies like folders and composition books at Wal-Mart and mailed them.
I have mentioned that there is no art type classes. What is sad is hearing kids say they cannot draw when asked. I have never heard a kid say they could not draw because I am so use to always having art classes in school and always having my own art supplies at home. They do have a wood shop type class at least to teach skills so that can be creative. This is why I want to craft with kids. just to have them do something creative, even if it is just painting sea shells. I have a giant bag of sea shells a crazy teacher left behind. The principal wants to put on a play. I want to start a choir, just researching how you do this with kids. And there is the issue of no piano or instruments in general so need recorded music. Even if it is just a Christmas type concert, that would be cool. I need to buy research books. Right now since it is light until 1130pm still, kids run wild in the streets until close to midnight. But when it is dark it will be good to have them do wholesome indoor activities. And I have principal support with this. Just trying to figure out the culture a bit better so i know acceptable ways to go about things .