Today’s biology class was pretty gross. Laurie and her son Adam apparently went to the Muslim village nearby and ordered a butcher to give them the organs of a goat. There were eyeballs, lungs, the heart, the trachea, an intestine, the liver, and the brain. We let all the kids touch them to learn about the organs in their own bodies. The organs had a disgusting smell of course, and I, being the translator, had to stand right next to them as Laurie held the hands of each kid and made them touch the organs. It was funny to see the different reactions of the kids.

Xiao Guang (Sam), the only boy in the older students’ group, is usually quiet and does whatever people tell him to do. So he just walked up to the organ table without showing fear or disgust. But once Laurie put his hand on the brain, his voice jumped up an octave. That was pretty funny.

Xiao Hua (Christina) said she was all ready, but once she touched the brain she flinched back and started acting scared. She also happens to have some kind of giggling disease, so not a minute goes by without giggles or loud laughter coming from her. Not that that’s a bad thing. She laughed a lot as she held a goat brain and pressed down on goat lungs.

Li Ming (Charlotte) is a pretty stubborn and sometimes belligerent girl, but she’s a hard worker and can be cute. Being her headstrong self, she took the brain from Laurie and squeezed it. I thought it would pop and I’d have to wash brain bits from my clothing tonight. Fortunately, that didn’t happen.

Then for lunch (which is delivered from a cheap local restaurant every day) we happened to have a dish with lamb in it. It kind of smelled like the goat organs, except in a non-raw, steamed way. Mmmmm organs…