Friday, January 22, 2010

The headmistress and the young teacher



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She is sophisticated. Her beautiful hairstyle could be the one of an Afro-American top model. She went to university and completed her degree in education. He went straight from finishing high school to becoming a primary school teacher. She lives in the large city of Butare, more than 2 hours away on a very uncomfortable dirt road. Last year, she only came to school once in a while. He walks to school every day. He laughs heartily just about anything. She is very reserved, shy, self-conscious or properly self-restrained... (I cannot decide). I am not sure how they feel about each other. Does she look down at him as being an uneducated country boy? Is he scared of her. Does he feel an inferiority complex? One thing is clear: there is quite a cultural gap between them.
They are part of the human resources at Rugerero primary school and without them working closely together, feeling that they have a similar duty, the school will NOT improve.
A very important part of my job while I am here is to help them understand that they are One...

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