02/18/09

Today I came home from school and there was a knock on the door. I looked outside and it was one of my 6th grade students, Marie Christie (M.C.) with her little sister, Binah, who is in kindergarten. Binah looks just like M.C. but a miniature version. They had come over to see if we wanted to buy some roasted/shredded coconut. She had little bags which weighed about an ounce or so each. We asked how much they were and she said a dollar (a Haitian dollar). A Haitian dollar is about an eighth of a US dollar. So, we asked how many they had and if we could buy they all. She had fourteen and said we could, so we took them all. The coconut was like Baker's shredded coconut that you can buy at the store, but only this was toasted. It was very good! It was also fun buying it from them because they were like two little entrepreneurs going around to the teachers' houses. Hopefully, they will come back the next time they have something good to sell.