maybe one hour

Today I had an interaction with a few of my 8th grade students that i thought might be indicative of the landscape in Chuuk. After school I was sitting by the side of the road with a few of my female 8th grade students. After asking me if I was happy in Chuuk, the girls asked me to tell them a story about my life in America. So I thought for a minute and I told them that over the summer before I moved to Chuuk I spent one month driving across America with my best friend and 2 of our friends. I told them that we drove from New York to California and that since the U.S. is pretty big, it took about one month. "Wow!," was their response. "A whole month? Did you stop to eat?" Yes, Jenesha we stopped to eat but we spent a lot of time driving.

Jenesha thought for a moment and took a look at the single road that wraps around most of the island which was in front of us. "In Chuuk that would take...maybe one hour."