As we sat on the veranda one evening sheltered a bit from the wind and the showers, 3 teen girls passed by the side of the house, very surprised to find us there. One of the 3 greeted me in English, while the others greeted in the local language. As they moved away, Josephine and her niece, Daisylanda, chided them on their rudeness. Finally all three came and greeted “properly”. With some encouragement they began to talk with me answering my questions carefully.
I had to slow my speech and improve my enunciation of each letter in a word to be more readily understood. One girl hopes to study the raising of cattle, another, maize and the third, trees. They are all in P7, the last year of elementary school, although they were about 15 or 16 years of age. Whether they can continue will depend upon their families' ability to raise the required school fees.
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