Peace Corps Presentation about Senegal

I did a presentation at the Sandpoint Charter School about my experience in the Peace Corps.  My son was scared that I would show a bare chested woman in my slides.  I edited those ones out.  My tray jammed this morning so I kind of freaked.  I called the teacher and he had an extra tray.  I talked in front of about 70 7th grade students.  I didn't have a formal presentation instead I talked about my slides and my experience there.  They asked me questions about the kind of food that I ate, what schools the children went to and what was difficult about my experience.  I talked about living with the chief of the village and his four wives.  The women do most of the work in the village such as pounding millet, washing clothes and carrying water on their heads.  Most of the people don't go to school but they have excellent memories from telling stories and many people speak several languages.  It makes me rethink of what it is to be literate.  They people in the village couldn't understand why I couldn't remember things better.  One of the most difficult parts of the experience was the number of children that died in the village.  At the age of 22 I was quite equipped to deal with death so up close.  I remember when somebody died that the women would wail (combination of cry, scream and lament) throughout the village.