DCDS 4th Grade Grace.
I’ve been meaning to write an update about work and I will tomorrow … but below is a story from last week.
I sat in on a class that teaches child laborers basic life skills (importance of education, nutrition, hygiene, etc.). In the middle of the class, the teacher began reading Gujarati and English poems and the children would recite the poems back. The students don’t speak English, so it was more of a fun memorization exercise.
Taking pictures and enjoying the moment, I was caught completely off guard when the teacher asked me to give a poem for the kids to recite. I was stumped. And the only thing I could think of was the Johnny Appleseed grace we used to say before lunch at DCD Junior School. I tried to make it relevant and PC, but failed:
Original: Oh, the Lord has been good to me; for giving me the things I need; the sun, the rain and the apple seed; Oh, the Lord has been good to me.
My new version: Oh, our Bhagvans have been good to me; for giving me the things I need; the sun, the rain and the keda seed; Oh, our Bhagvans have been good to me.
(In Gujarati, Bhagvan = God and Keda = Banana … do banana’s even have seed?)
It was embarrassing – but I think the kids enjoyed it.
finding rickshaw. 
Rick is writing/blogging… i am in awe
Bananas do have “seeds”. They are in the middle of the banana body that you eat – the black little dots. They are grown however through cutting their stems and replanting them.