First let me get this off my chest….I really dislike the schooling system here in Kenya. Want details? Ok, here’s just a few:
- high school students boarding is crazy. If we had a decent high school near C4KK the kids could walk to school on a daily basis
- why do you (schools) simply teach to an exam instead of teaching some critical thinking?
- since the kids board we have to supply all their needs (soap, toilet paper, etc.) for living at school. Not that those items wouldn’t be purchased if they stayed at home, but there would certainly be less chance of them being stolen!
- on top of supplying the needs we’ve also been requested to buy text books (you’re the darn school, supply the material!)
Oh, I could go on and on but that’s not what this blog post is about. Mid-term has come and gone (the last of the secondary students return to school tomorrow) and that meant more shopping for daily required items like soap, toothpaste, shoe polish, etc. Plus a few extra items like pants and tennis shoes which were stolen from school (aarrrggghhh). We’ve put our foot down with items on their list like sugar, hot chocolate, watches, etc. because with the number of kids we are working with makes it next to impossible to buy these “luxuries” for each child.
But even without sugar they are doing well in school (they probably didn’t think they could live without sugar, but ‘lo and behold they are!) They’ll be in school for the rest of the month than return home in April for a month off. Meaning April will be a loud month at C4KK!