Rainy Season

You know how in my past posts I talked about the rains and how I thought the rainy season was starting? I couldn't have been more wrong, the past two weeks we've been going without a drop of rain and I think it's effecting everyone here.
Although it could be the new batch of volunteers as well. I enjoy my time with them and they're all close to my age range, but that age range has also resulted in a lot of stupid drama that belongs back in high school. I'm always hearing about so-and-so kissed so-and-so, now so-and-so is pissed or Joe Shmoe likes Jane Doe, but Jane Doe doesn't like Joe Shmoe.
I feel like when the rains finally come the locals will be happier because they can finally begin growing their crops (which is the only way most people can get their food here) and/or the volunteers will be so cooped up in the CCS compound that the drama amongst each other will only get worse.
But every day I wake up hoping to see rain clouds in the sky, something which I don't normally do, because when the rains start that's when we'll be able to start the garden in the back of juvy to help feed the kids. I'm also thinking that I might teach the kids about how seeds grow with that whole thing we did in kindergarten where we put seeds in a clear plastic cup with dirt in it and watch as the seed sprouts roots and leaves, I was also thinking of maybe buying some potatoes, cutting them in half, and putting them in water. These things might seem juvenile to us, but the education system here in Tanzania never did fun things like that for young children; either because of a lack of supplies or simply because primary schools in Tanzania run on memorization. This memorization teaching style causes only a handful of children to truly learn anything and many of them are never asked to exercise critical thinking in class.