Did not get a blog post out yesterday or the day before. Here are my excuses:
- day before yesterday internet was really lousy and I just didn’t have the fight in me.
- yesterday we had kid stuff (more on that in a minute)
- plus yesterday I tried 3 times to get a blog posted from my phone and it kept deleting the draft [aarrggghhh]
Now for more on the kid stuff:
We had a meeting with our secondary (high school) kids, they are back home from completing their first term of 2012! Grades overall were good and we are looking to transfer 2 boys to another school which we have a really good relationship with and is #4 in the District!! The reasons? One school raised their fees 6000/ksh (approx. $71) the day we showed up to drop off the kid at school in Term 1 and has now raised fees for Term 2 another 7000/ksh (approx. $83)…both with no explanation. The other school had a riot last year and hasn’t recovered, therefore education is not a priority for them at the moment.
It felt really good to talk to these kids as a family unit, letting them know they have a support system. Plus I don’t think anyone has ever asked them their opinion about their classes, why they received a particular grade or what they see for their future. We also had some “parental” talks….don’t leave the compound without permission (teen boys tend to think they know it all!), decide between getting your hair done (weaves are big over here for the ladies and the girls can only have it done during break because they aren’t allowed to have this done during school) or having a scarf for the cold mornings, no you can’t have all the lotions/perfumes/hair coloring you want!
I could see some taking it all in and even questioning a few things (yeah!) but I also saw a few not being too interested in the whole thing….guess that’s part of being in a family, different attitudes/personalities/objectives but that’s exactly what we told them. We are a family and we all need to cooperate and talk about issues that come up.
So I’m sorry for slacking off the past few days…oh and by the way we are still out of running water, that doesn’t have anything to do with getting a blog post out but goes to state of mind!