Primary Presentation #1

10/10/08

We began the day as usual with breakfast, though it was significantly later than usual. Denise and I joked that we had kept Sema up too late the night before. Sema walked in around 7am with the covered bowl. I called to Denise, letting her know the porridge had arrived. As Denise set out our bowls and spoons, I lifted the lid, and sadness crept over my face as I revealed the watery rice to Denise. I had two pieces of bread instead.

Today we talked to each of the 6 primary classes about education. It went very well. We shortened our material by a good amount, but still got our point across. Going around the room in the upper primary class, kids said they wanted to be doctors or nurses or pilots. One child wanted to be the president. As we moved down to the lower primary classes, the answered shifted, to jobs they knew, which coincidentally required less education, like a seamstress, tailor, hairdresser, driver. Out of the 3 JSS classes, and the 6 primary classes, only ONE child said they wanted to be farmer. Practically everyone raised their hands indicating they like school, and that they want to go to university. In almost every class, several students admitted they have a problem doing their homework because they go to the farm after school to work, and are too tired when they get home. In 4 of the primary classes today I recognized 1 child from our post-window discussion the night before. In about 10 days we will conduct our second presentation for the primary kids, which will revolve around hygiene.