The entire time in Good News Bay, we were nervous that we weren't going to be able to fly to Platinum because the small planes are not able to fly in any sort of bad weather. However, we were able to fly. The short fly was so rough and I was feeling very sick. However, we were greeted with warm smiles from Samuel the janitor at the school. We got to ride on a four wheeler to the school. He was pointing out landmarks in the towns and I couldn't believe how much older and more worn down they were than the ones in Good News Bay. The clinic was so old and beat up. I could not believe that it was clean enough to do exams in. With only 50 people in the town, the health aid said that most of the people in the town were related to her. I can't imagine how hard it would be to treat your family all the time. The stuff that you talk to your health care providers about would be hard to talk to your mom or aunt about. While I was in the clinic, the health aids niece came in for a well baby check up. The baby was not happy about being poked. I would have a hard time poking a family member that was crying. When we went to the school, it was literally falling in on itself. We started screening the 10 kids and finished with their height, weight, hearing and screening in less than an hour. The school is so small that they are trying to shut it down. Then the kids either have to be home schooled, go to boarding school or the family has to move to a different town. After doing the screenings we went in to observe the classroom. The kids were wrestling with each other. I couldn't believe that the teacher was allowing the students to wrestle in her classroom. The difference between schools was unbelievable. In Good News Bay, the students were so well behaved and respected the teacher. I did not see the same in Platinum. On the way back to the airport we rode in a sled behind a snowmobile. It was so fun. Its cool to see the different ways of transportation in towns without roads.
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